Witness History Episodes Available now
The 1968 Belgrade Student Revolt
In June 1968, students in Belgrade rebelled against Yugoslavia's 'market socialism'
The Assassinaton Attempt that Sparked a Middle East War
In 1982, a Palestinian gunman attacked the Israeli ambassador to London, Shlomo Argov
Couch to 5K
The birth of the running programme that got millions off their sofas and out jogging
Lyuba the Baby Mammoth
How a herdsman found the perfectly preserved body of a 42,000-year-old baby mammoth.
Isaac Asimov and Science Fiction
The American writer and scientist considered one of the greats of Science Fiction.
Free Health Care For All
In 1948 Britain launched the National Health Service, NHS
The Thalidomide Trial
Executives of the German company that made the drug Thalidomide went on trial in May 1968
The First Bicycle Sharing Scheme
In the mid 1960s a Dutch engineer came up with a scheme to share bikes and cut pollution.
Canadian Indigenous Protest
Plans to expand a golf course led to a stand-off between Mohawks and Canadian police.
The BBC at Caversham
For 75 years the BBC ran a monitoring service based in an English stately home.
