Witness History Episodes Available now
Cambridge Spies
The Cold War came to life in Britain when two spies went public in Moscow in 1956.
Northern Ireland Hunger Strikes
In 1981 Republican prisoners in Northern Ireland staged a series of hunger strikes.
The Wind of Change
It's 50 years since Harold Macmillan spoke of a wind of change blowing through Africa.
Rationing in Britain
In the early 1950s Britain was still so badly-off that food and fuel had to be rationed.
Palestine Post
In the months before the creation of Israel -Jerusalem was a dangerous place to be.
Gandhi
The assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948
Meeting Osama
What is Osama bin Laden really like? Witness talks to someone who knows.
Hitler's Book
The story of a young American soldier and the book he found in Hitler's house.
Somalia 1991
What was it like living in Mogadishu at the height of Somalia's civil war?
Idi Amin
Ugandan dictator Idi Amin took power in 1971, but it ended in disarray in 1979
