麻豆社

Suez canal invasion 1956

In November 1956 Britain and France invaded Egypt - to regain control of the Suez canal

• 9 mins

Blasted

It is 15 years since the play Blasted first shocked theatregoers

• 9 mins

The Young Benazir Bhutto

Why did she follow her father into politics?

• 10 mins

Barack Obama's Indonesian childhood

As President Obama visits Indonesia, Witness takes you back to his childhood there

• 10 mins

Barack Obama's Indonesian childhood

As President Obama visits Indonesia, Witness takes you back to his childhood there

• 10 mins

Barack Obama's Indonesian childhood

As President Obama visits Indonesia, Witness takes you back to his childhood there

• 10 mins

Greek Student Protest 1973

The story of the Greek military junta's brutal suppression of a student protest in 1973

• 10 mins

Piracy Trial

A piracy trial makes history in 19th century America

• 10 mins

World War I poetry

On 11 November, 1918 the guns of World War I fell silent

• 10 mins

World War I poetry

On 11 November, 1918 the guns of World War I fell silent

• 10 mins

World War I poetry

On 11 November, 1918 the guns of World War I fell silent

• 10 mins

15/11/2010

The story of our times told by the people who were there.

• 10 mins

The Roswell incident

The most famous reported encounter with aliens of our time

• 10 mins

Coventry blitz

It is 70 years since the German bombing of Coventry destroyed much of the city.

• 10 mins

15/11/2010

The story of our times told by the people who were there.

• 10 mins

Coventry blitz

It is 70 years since the German bombing of Coventry destroyed much of the UK city.

• 10 mins

Dayton Peace Accords

The story of how the Bosnian war was brought to an end

• 10 mins

Afghan Prison Massacre

The story of the bloody suppression of an uprising by Taliban prisoners in an Afghan jail

• 10 mins

Mishima Suicide

Japanese writer, Yukio Mishima's dramatic decision to end his life.

• 10 mins

Freddie Mercury

The last days of Freddie Mercury battle with Aids

• 10 mins

Inca defeat

How the great Inca empire was brought to its knees - almost 500 years ago.

• 10 mins

Tomb of Tutankhamun

In late November 1922 the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh, Tutankhamun, was uncovered

• 10 mins

Channel Tunnel

The moment of breakthrough for the Channel Tunnel between Britain and France

• 10 mins

El Salvador killings

On December 2nd 1980 the military in El Salvador killed 3 US nuns, and a layworker.

• 10 mins

Kindertransports

In December 1938 the Kindertransports began, carrying Jewish children to safety in Britain

• 10 mins

Somalia Marines

In December 1992 US Marines stormed the beaches of Somalia.

• 10 mins

Pearl Harbour

The Japanese attack on American ships in Pearl Harbour forced the US into World War II.

• 10 mins

John Lennon

It is exactly 30 years since the former Beatle, John Lennon, was shot dead in New York.

• 10 mins

Smallpox Eradication

It was once one of the most feared diseases in the world - disfiguring and often deadly

• 10 mins

Albert Luthuli Receives the Nobel Peace Prize

Chief Albert Luthuli was the first African to win the Nobel Prize for Peace - in 1960

• 9 mins