Witness History Episodes Available now
Takeshi's Castle
A new sort of game show started on Japanese TV in May 1986
The Children's Crusade
Thousands of black children protested on the streets of Birmingham Alabama in May 1963.
A New Approach to Shakespeare
The Royal Shakespeare Company opened in Britain in 1961 and changed theatre forever.
Pablo Picasso
The great Spanish artist Pablo Picasso died in April 1973; hear from someone who knew him
Scottish Prison Experiment
A special unit in a Glasgow jail began offering art therapy to violent prisoners in 1973.
The Oslo Peace Talks
How secret negotiations in Norway led to an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal.
Swimming The Bering Strait
How an American swimmer crossed the "Ice Curtain" between the USA and the Soviet Union.
World War One: The Red Baron
Veterans remember the famous German air ace who was killed in April 1918
Earth Day
In 1970, 20 million Americans came out to demonstrate for a sustainable environment.
The Last Keeper of the Light
The island of Skellig Michael has lighthouses, and a striking role in Star Wars films.
