Witness History Episodes Available now
Afghanistan's First Coup
In July 1973 military officers staged a coup which toppled the monarchy in Afghanistan
Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho
In August 1960 the controversial Oscar-nominated psychological thriller was released
First Inter-racial Kiss on TV
In July 1964, a white actor and a black actress, kissed, live, on a British TV show
Scouts in the Warsaw Uprising
On 1 August 1944, the Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation of Poland began
Chilean Students Set on Fire
Chilean soldiers attacked and burnt two students during protests in July 1986.
Britain's Landslide 1945 Election
In July 1945 Labour won a surprise victory, defeating war-time leader Winston Churchill
The Tulia Drug Bust
A drug sting in a small Texas town in 1999 went badly wrong and caused a national scandal
The Death of Walter Rodney
In 1980, the Guyanese opposition leader Dr Walter Rodney was killed in a bomb explosion.
Tehran's Red Light District
In July 1979 Iran's new Islamic government closed down Tehran's red-light district.
CIA Mind Control Experiments
In the 1950s the CIA began attempts to brainwash psychiatric patients.
