Witness History Episodes Available now
The Death of Deng Xiaoping
Deng Xiaoping's translator, Victor Gao remembers the architect of China's transformation
The True Story of "Whisky Galore"
In February 1941, a ship carrying nearly 30,000 cases of whisky was wrecked in Scotland.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
The rise and fall of a New York graffiti artist
Women and the Iranian Revolution
In February 1979, Iran was undergoing a revolution which would lead to an Islamic state.
Fighting the Contras
Sandinista 'Daniel Alegria' on the brutal fight with US-backed Contra rebels in Nicaragua
The Exile of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
On 13 February 1974 the Russian dissident writer was sent into exile in the West
Women and the Iranian Revolution
In 1979, the Islamic Revolution changed Iranian women's lives forever.
The Search for Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction
In 2004, the US began to realise Saddam Hussein may not have been stockpiling WMDs
The Buildup to World War Two
In 1939 tension was growing in Europe, over Nazi Germany's expansionist plans
The Battle of the Carmens
At the 1988 Winter Olympics, an East German and an American ice dancer were vying for Gold
