Witness History Episodes Available now
Wittenoom: An Australian Tragedy
How a town built around an asbestos mine made its residents fatally ill.
Bata the Shoemaker's Revolution
Bata, a Czech company, pioneered assembly line shoemaking
The Battered Child
The American doctor who forced the medical profession to face up to child abuse.
The Death of Kim Il-sung
The founding father of communist North Korea died in July 1994.
The Unified Korean Table Tennis Team
How ping pong brought together athletes from bitter rivals North and South Korea.
The GI Who Chose China
After the Korean war ended a few American prisoners chose to try life under communism.
The Beginning of the Korean War
North Korean communist troops invaded South Korea on 25 June 1950.
Korea Divided
The Korean peninsula was split between North and South at the end of World War Two.
The Execution of Adolf Eichmann
Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was executed in the early hours of June 1st 1962
The Death of General Sani Abacha
Nigeria's military ruler died suddenly in June 1998.
