I Was There

We go back to 1995 and talk to those caught up in the collapse of Barings Bank, including Nick Leeson himself, the man w... Read more

We retell the extraordinary events of 1983, and one of Britain’s biggest-ever robberies.

The writer, director and one of the producers join Adrian Chiles to discuss the controversial BBC programme, that aired ... Read more

We go back a quarter of a century to the longest siege in modern history

In January 2000, two women became the first female Brits to reach the South Pole on foot. Adrian Chiles talks to them a... Read more

We go back to 1985 and speak to the underwater investigators - including Robert Ballard himself - who stunned the world ... Read more

We revisit the tragic events of 1980, when John Lennon was shot dead, by talking to those who were there that night.

Thrust SSC project director Richard Nobel and pilot Andy Green tell Adrian Chiles about setting the new land speed recor... Read more

Arsenal’s Lee Dixon, Liverpool’s John Aldridge and TV analyser David Pleat join Adrian Chiles as they remember the famou... Read more

Choose life. Choose to listen to what it was like making Trainspotting in 1996, with guests from the crew and Rick Smit... Read more

The BBC's Technology correspondent, Rory Cellan Jones, and Jeff Jarvis, author of 'What Would Google Do?', join Adrian C... Read more

We revisit the famous chart battle of 1995, when Blur’s Country House went up against Oasis’s Roll With It.

We revisit 2000, when Concorde crashed near Paris killing 113 people, and talk to those involved at the time – include a... Read more

We go back to 1995 and tell the behind-the-scenes story of Princess Diana’s famous 1995 Panorama interview – with those ... Read more

Back to the heady days of 1975, and the legendary boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, told through the ey... Read more

Three gay men tell Adrian Chiles how the 1967 decriminalisation affected them in different ways – including a 94-year-ol... Read more

Broadcasters and journalists – including Nik Gowing, who was on air on BBC 2 and was the first to break the news – recal... Read more

Stars from ITV and the BBC tell Adrian Chiles about the heady days of 1983 when Breakfast TV first started broadcasting ... Read more

Those caught up in the 2007 train crash, including the driver and the son of the woman who died, tell Adrian Chiles abou... Read more

It’s not often celebrated, but Adrian Chiles talks to some of the first Open University students to get their degrees in... Read more