History as told by the people who were there. All the programmes from 2016.
History as told by the people who were there
In February 1947 Edwin Land unveiled his new invention, the first ever instant camera.
Twenty years ago the siege of Sarajevo ended, the longest siege in modern history
In 1996 an American multi-millionaire murdered one of the wrestlers he was sponsoring
In February 1989 new austerity measures sparked days of violent protests in Venezuela
In 1986, Filipinos took to the streets to overthrow the regime of Ferdinand Marcos
In the late 1800s thousands of African-Americans tried to emigrate to escape violence
In February 2002 the controversial Angolan rebel leader was killed by government forces
In 2001 an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease devastated the British farming industry
In 1916, French and German armies began one of the most devastating battles of WW1
The Austrian mountaineer who lived in the forbidden land of Tibet in the 1940s and 50s.
In February 1947, French designer Christian Dior transformed post-war fashion.
In 1997 Israeli secret agents tried to assassinate a Hamas leader, Khaled Meshaal.
On Friday 13 February 1970, heavy metal band Black Sabbath released their first album
Witness talks to one of Britain's secret army of World War Two code-breakers
In 1994 Pakistan opened the country's first all-female police station
The story of the first protests against the Assad regime in 2011
The larger than life vaudeville star - Sophie Tucker - died on February 9th 1966.
In the spring of 1988 a new kind of anti-depressant went on the market.
The FBI sting operation that ensnared corrupt politicians using a fictitious Arab sheikh.
In 1938, the first animated feature film was released, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
In January 1980, 37 people died as police stormed Spain's embassy in Guatemala
In January 1966 Batman and Robin appeared on the small screen for the first time
