Witness History Episodes Available now
The Origin of Nollywood
The story of the 1992 film which launched Nigeria's hugely successful movie industry
Chairman Mao's Red Guard
One boy's story of communist fervour in 1960s China.
The Decapitation of the Little Mermaid
In 1998 someone vandalised the most famous statue in Denmark.
Death in the Amazon
In January 1956, members of an Amazonian tribe murdered five American missionaries.
Bulgarian Nurses on Trial in Libya
Valya Chervenyashka was accused of mass murder and tortured in a Libyan jail.
The End of Apartheid
Adriaan Vlok was in charge of the police in apartheid-era South Africa.
The German American Bund
In the 1930s, American Nazi sympathisers held rallies and summer camps across the US.
Sexual Harassment in India
Witness hears from the first woman to bring a case of sexual harassment to trial in India.
The Lost Manuscript of Huckleberry Finn
In 1990, the manuscript of Mark Twain's classic novel was found in an attic in Hollywood.
Tilikum the Orca
On this day in 1991 a killer whale called Tilikum drowned one of its trainers.
