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Omarska concentration camp

The story of a survivor of Omarska concentration camp in Bosnia.

• 9 mins

Bering Strait Swimmer

How an American swimmer crossed the "Ice Curtain" between the USA and the Soviet Union.

• 10 mins

Twenty-five years of Botox

It's quarter of a century since the world's most popular cosmetic treatment was discovered

• 9 mins

Abebe Bikila the barefoot runner

At the 1960 Olympics in Rome an Ethiopian athlete stunned the world.

• 9 mins

The Plot To Kill Franco

The Scottish anarchist and the plot to kill General Franco.

• 10 mins

The Battle for Mount Longdon

An Argentine soldier and a British soldier tell their stories of the Falklands War.

• 14 mins

The Founding of Napster

Shawn Fanning talks about how he founded the file sharing website Napster.

• 10 mins

US Occupation of Japan

For six years following the end of World War II, Japan was occupied by the US.

• 9 mins

The Last Viceroy of India

The daughter of the last British viceroy in India remembers the transfer of power in 1947.

• 10 mins

Elvis - The Comeback Special

How a 1968 television special revived the career of the King of Rock and Roll.

• 10 mins

The Assassination of Ruth First

The parcel bomb attack that killed anti-apartheid activist Ruth First in 1982.

• 10 mins

Woodstock

The Woodstock music festival has come to symbolise much of the idealism of the 1960s.

• 15 mins

Jacqueline Du Pre

Jacqueline Du Pre makes one of the most famous classical recordings of the 20th Century.

• 10 mins

Assassination of Leon Trotsky

The assassination of Russian revolutionary Leon Trotksy in Mexico City in 1940.

• 10 mins

Windies Make England Grovel

The year the England cricket captain said he was going to make the West Indies "grovel".

• 10 mins

Hurricane Andrew

How broadcasting throughout a devastating storm made a Miami weatherman into a local hero.

• 9 mins

The Death of Getulio Vargas

The death of a president that shocked Brazil.

• 10 mins

The Suicide of Yukio Mishima

A friend remembers the dramatic death of one of Japan's greatest 20th century writers.

• 15 mins

The Great Train Robbery

In August 1963, thieves stole over 拢2 million from a London bound Royal Mail train.

• 10 mins

Bobby Fischer

In 1972, chess makes headlines as volatile American Bobby Fischer becomes world champion.

• 10 mins

Soviet Protest Pioneers

How seven Soviet intellectuals held a pioneering protest in Moscow in 1968.

• 10 mins

East Timor Referendum

How East Timor's vote for independence in 1999 sparked violence by pro-Indonesia militias.

• 10 mins

The Death of Princess Diana

The death of Diana, Princess of Wales, killed in a car crash on 31 August 1997.

• 10 mins

Farzad Bazoft - Observer journalist in Baghdad

In 1989 the Observer journalist was arrested and accused of spying for Britain.

• 14 mins

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mr Universe

Arnold Schwarzenegger and bodybuilding in the 1960s.

• 10 mins

The Riot in Chicago in 1968

The riot that overshadowed the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968

• 10 mins

Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty: 15 years in a foreign Embassy

In 1956 a Hungarian Cardinal sought refuge in the US Embassy in Budapest.

• 9 mins

Attack on Springboks in New Zealand

In 1981 anti-apartheid protestors used a plane to attack South African rugby players.

• 9 mins

The "Last Indian"

How a Yahi Indian called Ishi emerged from the Northern Californian wilderness in 1911.

• 10 mins

Nehru and Edwina

Lady Pamela Hicks talks about her mother's love for India's first post-independence leader

• 14 mins