Witness History Episodes Available now
The Death of Jean Moulin
The day the leader of the French Resistance was killed by German forces on July 08, 1943
The Crate Escape
In the summer of 1984 a Nigerian exile living in London was kidnapped in a crate.
Yasser Arafat Arrives in Gaza
When the Palestinian leader was allowed to return from exile to the Gaza strip in 1994
Ludwig Wittgenstein
How the publication of Philosophical Investigations in 1953 revolutionised philosophy
Penguin Rescue
The mission to save thousands of African penguins from an oil spill in July, 2000
Chilean Students Set on Fire
In July 1986 two students were set on fire by Chilean government soldiers
The Battle of Gettysburg
It is 150 years since the Battle of Gettysburg, a turning point in the American Civil War
Iraq's Sectarian Violence
The recent surge in violence in Iraq has echoes of the sectarian conflict in 2006-07
JFK in Ireland
Novelist Colm Toibin recalls US President John F Kennedy's visit to Ireland in June 1963
Smoking and Lung Cancer
It took until the 1950s for researchers to connect smoking with lung cancer
