The story of our times told by the people who were there.
During WWII British children were sent away from the cities to escape German bombs
The story of the coming of the first West Indian migrants to Britain, back in 1948
An eyewitness account of the launch of Nazi Germany's attack on the Soviet Union
Andrew Wiles on solving the problem which had intrigued mathematicians for centuries
In June 1997 the Soufriere Hills volcano erupted on the Caribbean island of Montserrat
President Kennedy's emotional visit to Ireland shortly before his assassination in 1963
The six-year-old boy caught in the middle of a tug-of-war between Miami and Havana
In the 1960s, British mercenaries joined the fighting in Yemen's civil war
How a gypsy singer called Camaron de la Isla revolutionised the world of flamenco
In 1975 he became the first African-American man to win the tennis tournament.
How ex-US Marine Ron Kovic became a peace activist after being paralysed in Vietnam
In 1985 the Royal couple made their first joint visit to America
We hear from a survivor from the 1988 Piper Alpha oil rig disaster that killed 167 people
It is 10 years since riots engulfed the city of Bradford in the North of England
It is more than 30 years since the launch of the first space shuttle
How the people of Liverpool boycotted Rupert Murdoch's Sun newspaper in the UK
In July 1995, Bosnian Serb fighters killed thousands of Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica
A Battle of Britain pilot reflects on being shot down and almost drowning in the sea
The tale of the momentous and bloody capture of Jerusalem by the Crusaders in 1099
In July 1955 the first ever Disney theme park was opened in California
In July 1967 British cyclist Tom Simpson, rode himself to death on the Tour de France
Rupert Murdoch's career in the media began in the Australian town of Adelaide in the 1950s
It is 10 years since protests against a G8 summit turned violent on the streets of Genoa
In 1996 over a thousand prisoners were killed at a jail in Tripoli
