Back Story

The 1950s & 60s saw a wave of radical movements. Che Guevara and the Cuban Revolution. The Black Panthers. Quebec and Canada had the FLQ — a showdown that dissolved into crisis. By October 1970, there were soldiers in the streets, communities on edge, kidnapping and terror in the headlines. But those frightening weeks were just the crescendo of a wave of terror and violence that was nearly a decade in the making. This series will reveal the stories of that time through immersive storytelling and the people who lived it: the bomb disposal expert on defusing live explosives, the survivors of terror, their families, and the radicals themselves. More episodes are available at http://hyperurl.co/recallcbc

Mark Tewksbury on gold medals and gay athletes.

From a childhood accident to a Paralympic champion, and one of Canada's most decorated athletes.

Inside the Munich Massacre and one of the worst terrorist attacks in Olympic history.

Keith Boag is there as tempers flare and tear gas flies in Ferguson, Missouri over the killing of an unarmed black teenager.

The champ. The great one. Mark Lee's Back Story on his exclusive interview with Muhammad Ali.

Heartbreak, a questionable call and what some call a stolen game. Canada's longest serving female soccer player takes you back to the field and the London 2012 Olympics.

Adrienne Arsenault travels to Nepal in the wake of the worst earthquake that country has seen in more than 80 years.

Scott Russell's Back Story on the Ben Johnson doping scandal and the dirtiest race in history.

The photo seen around the world, and the family left mourning. From Istanbul, Gillian Findlay's Back Story "The boy on the beach".

After spending more than 400 days in an Egyptian prison, this is Mohamed Fahmy's Back Story.

Steven D'Souza was there as thousands cheered, white smoke bellowed and a new pope was chosen.

Connie Walker has reported extensively on Canada's residential schools, but she's also seen the effects on her family first hand.

In 1986, Carol Off sold most of her belongings to buy a plane ticket to Pakistan with the hope of interviewing future Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. A hijacking, an uprising and a reunion decades later, this is Carol's Back Story.

As coalition troops marched into Iraq, and Saddam Hussein fell from power, the CBC's David Common was there.

From his first mandate as Prime Minister to his party's devastating loss in the last federal election, Susan Lunn gives you an inside look at the rise and fall of Stephen Harper.

The earthquake in Haiti killed thousands of people, turned buildings to rubble and made David Gutnick question the role of a journalist.

Peter Mansbridge takes you inside the tunnels at Vimy Ridge.

The BP oil spill is the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. The CBC's Paul Hunter was there when black tar balls started dotting white sandy beaches. He returned five years later and shares what he saw.

Nahlah Ayed was on the front lines of the worst refugee crisis since the Second World War.

It was two years ago that Typhoon Haiyan killed thousands of people in the Philippines, but it still haunts the CBC's Curt Petrovich today.

Last year's shooting on Parliament Hill shook Ottawa, and the entire country. The CBC's Louise Elliott was one of the first reporters on the scene. One year later, this is her Back Story.

What's it like to report from one of the worst rail disasters in Canadian history? Raw emotion and stories that never made it to air. Stephen Puddicombe's Back Story from Lac Mégantic.