Witness History Episodes Available now
The Murder of Anna Politkovskaya
The outspoken Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered in October 2006
The Betty Ford Center
How a First Lady's struggle with drugs led to the founding of a world famous rehab clinic
Israel's Nuclear Secrets
In October 1986, Mordechai Vanunu revealed Israel's secret nuclear weapons programme
Australia's Asylum Stand-off
In 2001, Australia refused entry to more than 400 refugees aboard a Norwegian freight ship
Mao's American Comrade
Mao declares the formation of the People's Republic of China on 1 October 1949
Appeasement
In September 1938, Neville Chamberlain tried to negotiate with Hitler over Czechoslovakia.
Re-education in China
In China 're-education' is still used as a form of punishment - hear one man's story.
The Kinsey Report into Female Sexuality
Sex, 60 years ago: The Kinsey Report revealed all in 1953
Siege of Vukovar
In 1991 the Yugoslav army pounded the Croatian town of Vukova for 87 days
The Death of Paquirri
The fatal goring of the legendary bullfighter Francisco Rivera Pérez in September 1984
