Witness History Episodes Available now
Ulrike Meinhof
In May 1976 the German left-wing extremist Ulrike Meinhof killed herself in prison.
Searching For Argentina's Disappeared
How the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo challenged Argentina's military rulers.
Bosnia: Rape as a Weapon of War
During the Bosnian war of the early 1990's, thousands of women were raped.
When the Syrian Army Withdrew from Lebanon
On April 26th 2005, Syrian forces finally pulled out of Lebanon after almost 30 years.
Revolutionary Psychiatrist RD Laing
The man who changed the way people thought about mental illness.
Bulgaria's "Revival Process"
Bulgaria's brutal policy of forced assimilation against its Turkish minority in the 1980s
The Suzuki Violin Method
In post-WW2 Japan, Shinichi Suzuki developed a new method of teaching the violin.
The Hubble Space Telescope
When it began sending images back to Nasa they were out of focus - Mike Weiss fixed it
Charlie Chaplin Returns to America from Exile
Eugene Chaplin remembers his famous father's love-hate relationship with the USA
The World Festival of Black Arts
In April 1966 thousands of African artists and performers gathered in Senegal
