Witness History Episodes Available now
The Audacious Plot to Kill a Colonel
How El Salvador's leftist rebels led a top army officer into a deadly trap
The Case of Alger Hiss
The conviction of diplomat Alger Hiss was one of America's most notorious spy cases
The Exile of Wolf Biermann
East Germany's most famous singer-songwriter was exiled to the West in November 1976.
Toy Story - The First Digitally-Animated Feature Film
It was a box-office hit and a revolution in the world of animated films.
The Assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem
The president of South Vietnam was overthrown and murdered in a coup in November 1963.
The Man Who Prosecuted Charles Manson
Charles Manson's followers murdered 9 people on his orders. But how to prove his guilt?
The Siege of Mecca
In 1979 Islamic militants took over the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the holiest site in Islam
Botswana's Diamonds
Huge diamond deposits were first discovered in the Kalahari desert in Botswana in 1967
The 'Disappeared' of Lebanon
Searching for the thousands who went missing during Lebanon's brutal civil war.
The Windmill Theatre
A British national institution closed in 1964.
