In May 1992 the Bosnian president was taken captive by Serb soldiers.

The siege of Sarajevo had just begun.

With him, was his daughter Sabina - hear her story.

Photo: President Alija Izetbegovic - VT Freeze Frame.

In 2002 a paralysed woman, known as Miss B, was allowed to die in a London hospital.

She had gone to the High Court to win the right to have a ventilator which kept her alive, switched off.

The judge in the case was Baroness Elizabeth Butler Sloss.

Photo of Baroness Butler Sloss, Press Association.

In April 1932, hundreds of walkers organised a mass trespass on a mountain in the English Peak District called Kinder Scout.

The trespass was a major step in the fight for access to the British countryside. At the time, much wild land was privately owned and controlled by game-keepers.

Witness hears from one of the last survivors of the Trespass. The programme also includes accounts of the protest in the BBC archive.

PHOTO: Kinder Scout (BBC)

It is 35 years since the legendary New York night club opened its doors.

The door policy was strict and its dance floor was full of the coolest people in the city.

Listen to three people who knew it in its heyday.

Photo: Former Canadian First lady, Margaret Trudeau, dancing at Studio 54. (Central Press/Getty Images)

More than 40,000 men were killed during the Battle of Gallipoli in 1915. Among them was a large contingent of Australian and New Zealand troops who became known as the Anzacs. One New Zealander recalled one of the worst battles of World War One in a BBC interview.

PHOTO: Anzac Cove (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

In April 1937 the Basque town of Guernica was firebombed during the Spanish Civil War.

In the aftermath of the attacks thousands of children were sent to Britain to avoid the bombing.

Herminio Martinez was one of those child evacuees.

(this programme was first broadcast last year)

Photo: unknown children on board the liner Habana. (Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

How a court case ruined the 19th century playwright.

He championed the love that dare not speak its name, or homosexuality, but he was jailed and died in exile.

Photo: Oscar Wilde (l) and Lord Alfred Douglas (r). Hulton Archive/Getty Images

In April 1968 a politician put race at the centre of British politics.

Enoch Powell made a speech predicting dire consequences if immigration were to continue.

He provoked a huge reaction which left many non-white Britons feeling threatened.

Photo: BBC

One of the most successful TV series ever was created by cartoonist Matt Groening.

In 2002 he spoke to the BBC about the characters he based on his own family.

Photo: Matt Groening with the Simpsons. Getty Images.

In 1943, a group of Belgian Jews escaped from a train bound for the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.

In the only incident of its kind, they were helped by members of the Belgian resistance.

Witness speaks to Simon Gronowski, who at the age of 11, jumped from the train to safety.

PHOTO: Simon Gronowski with his parents (private collection)