Witness History Episodes Available now
Fermat's Last Theorem
Andrew Wiles on solving the problem which had intrigued mathematicians for centuries
Operation Barbarossa
An eyewitness account of the launch of Nazi Germany's attack on the Soviet Union
The Voyage of the Empire Windrush
The story of the coming of the first West Indian migrants to Britain, back in 1948
Australian evacuee
During WWII British children were sent away from the cities to escape German bombs
Rape of Nanjing
How the Japanese army went on the rampage in the Chinese city of Nanjing in 1937
Nureyev defects to the West
On 16 June 1961 the great ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev cut his ties with the Soviet Union
East German Uprising
In June 1953 East German workers went on strike in protest at Soviet rule
Newspaper Editor Rachel Beer
The story of the rise and fall of the first ever female editor of a British newspaper
OJ Simpson car chase
The LAPD detective who spoke to OJ Simpson as he was chased through Los Angeles in 1994
Italian internees
When Italy joined WW2 in June 1940, British-Italian men were rounded up and interned
