Witness History Episodes Available now
Sucked out of a plane
Nine people died when a cargo door opened mid-flight over the Pacific in February 1989
Swine flu shuts down Mexico City
A highly infectious virus appeared in Mexico in 2009 and rapidly spread round the world
Venezuela's oil bonanza
The boom and bust years of "Saudi" Venezuela in the 1970s
How science ended the search for Josef Mengele
A panel of scientists went to Brazil to identify the remains of the infamous Nazi in 1985
The men who tried to warn us about smoking
When doctors said cigarette smokers were dying prematurely the UK government did little.
The curse of Agent Orange
One woman's battle against the toxic legacy of the Vietnam War
The Columbia space shuttle disaster
The US space shuttle disintegrated on its way back to Earth on February 1, 2003.
The true story of Roma
The student massacre in México portrayed in Alfonso Cuarón's award-winning movie.
Maastricht: The birth of the European Union
In 1992 European ministers signed a treaty towards greater economic and political unity.
Confessions of a Soviet alcoholic
How a homeless Russian drunk wrote a secret classic
