Witness History Episodes Available now
The Hoover Free Flights Promotion
How an advertising campaign for vacuum cleaners went badly wrong.
The Last Day of Lebanon's Civil War
In October 1990, Syrian jets ousted their main opponent in Lebanon ending the civil war
Chile Votes Against Pinochet
In 1988 Chileans voted to end the brutal 15-year military rule of Gen. Augusto Pinochet.
The Spanish Influenza Pandemic
In 1918, more than fifty million people died in a global flu pandemic.
Irina Ratushinskaya
The dissident poet was released from a labour camp on the eve of a US-Soviet summit
Good Vibrations
In October 1966, the Beach Boys released their "pocket symphony" Good Vibrations.
Exposing Child Abuse in the Catholic Church
In 1994, a TV programme in Northern Ireland lifted the lid on clerical child sex abuse.
Thai University Massacre
On October 6th 1976 Thai security forces opened fire on student demonstrators in Bangkok.
The Poisoned Painkiller
In October 1982 seven people in the US died after taking painkillers laced with cyanide.
Sir Stanley Spencer
He was one of Britain's most admired 20th century painters. His daughters remember him.
