Witness History Episodes Available now
The End of the Korean War
On July 27 1953 the Korean War came to an end and thousands of prisoners were released
Abducted by Joseph Kony
The woman forced to bear the children of the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army
Alcoholics Anonymous
In the summer of 1935 Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in Akron, Ohio
Black July
In 1983 violence erupted between the Sinhala majority and the Tamil minority in Sri Lanka
The Lillehammer Hit
In July 1973 a Moroccan waiter was shot dead by an Israeli hit-squad in Norway
Haile Selassie visits Jamaica
In 1966, the Emperor of Ethiopia made a state visit to the Caribbean island of Jamaica.
Escape from the KGB
How Soviet double agent Oleg Gordievsky escaped from under the noses of the KGB in 1985
The Birth of Second Life
It is ten years since the launch of Philip Rosedale's online virtual world Second Life
Freeze
In 1988 a group of students put on an exhibition called Freeze. It changed British art.
The Hong Kong Handover
Former Governor General, Chris Patten, remembers the day the territory returned to China.
