Witness History Episodes Available now
The Moscow Coup
The failed attempt to overthrow the Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachov in August 1991
The Hungarian Picnic
The picnic that led to the first breaches of the Iron Curtain in 1989
The Great Depression
During the 1930s the people of the US faced widespread economic hardship
The Goons
It is 60 years since The Goon Show first hit the airwaves
The Building of the Berlin Wall
On 13 August 1961, East German soldiers and construction workers began the Berlin Wall
Napster
It is 10 years since the closure of the world's first music-sharing website - Napster
Expulsion of the Chagos Islanders
A Chagos Islander talks of Britain's expulsion of his people from their homeland.
Wayne Gretzky
He was a Canadian sporting superstar but in 1988 he was sold to an American team
Britain's first nudist beach
In August 1979 the seaside town of Brighton decided to open a nudist beach
Exodus of Asians from Uganda
In 1972 the dictator Idi Amin announced that all Asians had 90 days to leave Uganda
