Witness History Episodes Available now
The Voyage of the Kon-Tiki
In 1947 a Norwegian adventurer sailed across the Pacific on a wooden raft
Bologna bomb
In August 1980 a huge bomb destroyed much of Bologna railway station in Italy
Peace Activist Samantha Smith
A child dreams of world peace and writes a letter to the leader of the Soviet Union
MTV turns 30
It is 30 years since the launch of the first 24 hour music TV channel
The Shipbuilders' Clydeside "Work-In"
How Scottish workers took over their shipyards and warded off the threat of closure
Picasso
Sixty years ago a young art historian got to know the greatest painter in the world
Christian the Lion
The story of two Australians who berfriended a lion in London, and freed him in Africa
Telstar
Fifty years since the first transatlantic broadcast
The Kitchen Debate
In July 1959, two Cold War leaders argued over whose system was best
Moroccan exodus
In 1961 hundreds of Jewish children were smuggled from Morocco to Israel
