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I Was There
Historic moments from history told by those who lived through them.
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42 EpisodenNiki Lauda speaks in 2015
Chris Warburton talks to Niki Lauda, 39 years since he crashed his Ferrari at the Nürburgring Grand Prix in Germany. Former F1 drivers Mario Andretti...
Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again
Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again. Anna speaks to the actor PHILIP MICHAEL, dancer LYDIA LOUISA and Assistant Director CHRIS NEWMAN who all helped to make...
Sports Report at 70
Chris Warburton is celebrates the 70th Anniversary of the BBC's Sports Report.
Cool Runnings
Members of the legendary Jamaican bobsleigh team – whose heroic endeavours at the Calgary Winter Olympics of 1988 became a hit Hollywood film – join A...
Frestonia
Two squatters from the legendary London 1970s squatting community Frestonia tell Adrian Chiles how it all started, what it was like - and how it ended...
King’s Cross disaster
Three people who were caught up in the devastating fire on the London Underground – a passenger, a firefighter and a news reporter – tell Adrian Chile...
Arsenal-Liverpool 1989
Arsenal’s Lee Dixon, Liverpool’s John Aldridge and TV analyser David Pleat join Adrian Chiles as they remember the famous title-deciding clash which s...
Ghostwatch
The writer, director and one of the producers join Adrian Chiles to discuss the controversial BBC programme, that aired on Halloween 1992.
Help for Heroes
In 2007, Bryn and Emma Parry visited a military hospital. They saw a need to help British servicemen and woman with their injuries. They tell Adrian...
Bali bombing
Polly and Hanabeth both survived the 2002 terror attack on the dream holiday island. They tell Adrian Chiles what happened, and we discover how their...
Going Live
Stars including Phillip Schofield, Sarah Green, Trev and the man behind Gordon the Gopher tell Adrian Chiles what it was like working on the legendary...
The Siege of Sarajevo
We go back a quarter of a century to the longest siege in modern history
The launch of Google
The BBC's Technology correspondent, Rory Cellan Jones, and Jeff Jarvis, author of 'What Would Google Do?', join Adrian Chiles to talk about the founda...
The death of Diana
Broadcasters and journalists – including Nik Gowing, who was on air on BBC 2 and was the first to break the news – recall how they announced the news...
Decriminalisation of homosexuality
Three gay men tell Adrian Chiles how the 1967 decriminalisation affected them in different ways – including a 94-year-old man, who hid his double life...
Raoul Moat
In 2010, in a small village near Gateshead, Raoul Moat shot & injured his ex-girlfriend & killed her new partner. For a week after the shootings he wa...
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Adrian Chiles speaks to those who were part of the making of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
2012 Olympic Torch Relay
Adrian Chiles talks to those involved with the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay as it traveled round the whole of the United Kingdom.
Brink’s-Mat robbery
We retell the extraordinary events of 1983, and one of Britain’s biggest-ever robberies.
Concorde crash
We revisit 2000, when Concorde crashed near Paris killing 113 people, and talk to those involved at the time – include a British tourist in the hotel...
Grayrigg train crash
Those caught up in the 2007 train crash, including the driver and the son of the woman who died, tell Adrian Chiles about what happened, and what the...
The start of Breakfast TV
Stars from ITV and the BBC tell Adrian Chiles about the heady days of 1983 when Breakfast TV first started broadcasting on British TV.
Tony Bullimore’s rescue
Yachtsman Tony Bullimore tells Peter Allen about being rescued from the Southern Ocean in 1996.
Land Speed record
Thrust SSC project director Richard Nobel and pilot Andy Green tell Adrian Chiles about setting the new land speed record of 763mph in 1997.
Blur v Oasis
We revisit the famous chart battle of 1995, when Blur’s Country House went up against Oasis’s Roll With It.
Diana’s Panorama interview
We go back to 1995 and tell the behind-the-scenes story of Princess Diana’s famous 1995 Panorama interview – with those who were there at the time.
Ronald Reagan’s election victory
We talk to people who witnessed Reagan’s victory speech in an LA hotel in November 1980 after he was elected US President – and look at comparisons (o...
Trainspotting
Choose life. Choose to listen to what it was like making Trainspotting in 1996, with guests from the crew and Rick Smith from Underworld.
Open University
It’s not often celebrated, but Adrian Chiles talks to some of the first Open University students to get their degrees in 1973.
South Pole
In January 2000, two women became the first female Brits to reach the South Pole on foot. Adrian Chiles talks to them and their companions.
Thrilla in Manilla
Back to the heady days of 1975, and the legendary boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, told through the eyes of some of those who were t...
Manchester bomb
We go back to 1996 and talk to those caught up in the bombing of Manchester City centre by the IRA.
Shooting of John Lennon
We revisit the tragic events of 1980, when John Lennon was shot dead, by talking to those who were there that night.
Greenland leaves the EU
We go back to 1982 and talk to those involved in helping the only other country to leave the EU - and discuss comparisons with Brexit.
National Lottery launch
As the balls rolled for the first time, Adrian Chiles talks to some of those involved in the National Lottery launch in 1992 – including one of the fi...
OJ Simpson's trial
We go back to 1995 and talk to those involved in the sensational OJ Simpson trial - including the helicopter pilot who filmed the dramatic car chase.
Barings Bank collapse
We go back to 1995 and talk to those caught up in the collapse of Barings Bank, including Nick Leeson himself, the man whose £800m gamble went wrong.
Finding the Titanic
We go back to 1985 and speak to the underwater investigators - including Robert Ballard himself - who stunned the world by finding the wreck of the Ti...