成人快手

The Farewell dossier

How a mole in the KGB sent secrets to France and the USA in 1981.

• 9 mins

Womad

It is 30 years since the first Womad - world music festival- in England.

• 9 mins

The GI who chose China

At the end of the Korean War, 21 American prisoners chose not to go home to the USA.

• 15 mins

Megan's law

Eighteen years ago a little girl was raped and murdered - her killing changed US law.

• 9 mins

The Battle of Passchendaele

It was one of the defining battles of the First World War

• 9 mins

USS Nautilus: Under the North Pole

The first voyage to the North Pole under the icecap. Ken Carr remembers Nautilus's mission

• 9 mins

The Kon-Tiki adventure

The story of Thor Heyerdahl's crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki.

• 9 mins

The Death of Marilyn Monroe

It's 50 years since the death of Marilyn Monroe, Hollywood's ultimate sex symbol.

• 9 mins

Water polo and the 1956 Hungarian uprising

How a water polo match came to symbolise Hungary's fight for freedom from Soviet rule.

• 15 mins

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