Yesterday's Witness
A BBC TV series that explores historical events through firsthand accounts and archival footage.
- 1969-1980
- 13 seasons
- Family
A BBC TV series that explores historical events through firsthand accounts and archival footage.
Season 1 Episode Guide
9 Episodes 1969
Episode 1
I Have Flown and It's Marvellous
Episode 2
George Pearson: Pioneer Film Maker
Episode 3
The Narrow Boat Men
35 mins
"Today Britain's narrow canal system is being developed for pleasure cruising, but a hundred years ago the waterways were crowded with fleets of working boats." The pains and pleasures of trading on Britain's narrow canals are recalled.
Episode 4
Birth Control in the Twenties
Episode 5
Breaking the Silence
Episode 6
Long Before the Talkies
Episode 7
The First War in the Air
Episode 8
Prisoners of Conscience: No to the Army
Episode 9