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Nov 5, 2025
Richard Burton, born 100 years ago this month, was famously married - twice - to Elizabeth Taylor. In 1966, a BBC interview with them saw a furious Taylor come to her husband's aid.
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Oct 29, 2025
Elizabeth II's sister had to choose between ending her engagement and renouncing her title in 1955. Or did she? In 1978, the BBC talked to the war hero who almost married a princess.
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Oct 15, 2025
Albert Speer distanced himself from the Nazis' atrocities at the Nuremberg war crimes tribunal in October 1946. In History revisits a 1970 BBC interview with Hitler's former friend.
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Oct 6, 2025
A hotel manager's glimpse of something strange in 1933 helped to create a modern monster myth. In 1987, the BBC reported on the scientists who used sonar to hunt for Nessie.
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Oct 3, 2025
On 2 October 1925, John Logie Baird transmitted a moving image of a human face. Forty years later, the world's first television star told the BBC about that dramatic moment.
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Apr 4, 2025
Gates and Paul Allen launched computing giant Microsoft 50 years ago. In 1993, he talked to the BBC about the online innovations that would define the 21st Century.
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Apr 2, 2025
Charles M Schulz drew his beloved Peanuts strip for 50 years until he retired on 14 December 1999. By then, the unassuming cartoonist had built a billion-dollar empire.
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Mar 31, 2025
When he became acting president of Russia at the start of the year 2000, the former spy was an enigma to many. Who is the "man of deeds, not words"?
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Mar 24, 2025
After being sent to the Nazi death camp in 1943, Anita Lasker survived by playing in its women's orchestra. In 1996, she spoke to the BBC about her ordeal.
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Mar 12, 2025
The story of Schindler's heroism became a novel and a film. But in 1982, author Thomas Keneally told the BBC that this was all thanks to a chance meeting with a luggage salesman.
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Mar 10, 2025
In February 1965, the BBC reported from the funeral of the black nationalist leader in Harlem, New York, as thousands of people queued to pay their last respects.
Nov 5, 2025Richard Burton, born 100 years ago this month, was famously married - twice - to Elizabeth Taylor. In 1966, a BBC interview with them saw a furious Taylor come to her husband's aid.
Apr 4, 2025Gates and Paul Allen launched computing giant Microsoft 50 years ago. In 1993, he talked to the BBC about the online innovations that would define the 21st Century.
Apr 2, 2025Charles M Schulz drew his beloved Peanuts strip for 50 years until he retired on 14 December 1999. By then, the unassuming cartoonist had built a billion-dollar empire.
Mar 31, 2025When he became acting president of Russia at the start of the year 2000, the former spy was an enigma to many. Who is the "man of deeds, not words"?
Mar 24, 2025After being sent to the Nazi death camp in 1943, Anita Lasker survived by playing in its women's orchestra. In 1996, she spoke to the BBC about her ordeal.
Mar 10, 2025In February 1965, the BBC reported from the funeral of the black nationalist leader in Harlem, New York, as thousands of people queued to pay their last respects.