Witness History Episodes Available now
Rocky Horror Show
It is 40 years since the opening of a comedy musical which would become a cult phenomenon
The Execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
It is 60 years since the American couple were executed for spying
Gay Marriage
The first gay marriage in America took place more than 40 years ago in Minnesota.
The Pentagon Papers
In 1971 one man leaked thousands of pages of secret US government documents to the press.
Post-war Berlin
A child's eye view of life in Berlin in the aftermath of World War II
Nigeria's Lost Election
The election of Chief MKO Abiola 20 years ago, which was annulled by the military
Escape from Alcatraz
In June 1962 three prisoners escaped from the maximum security US jail.
The Mau Mau Rebellion
Britain's disturbing abuses against the Mau Mau in colonial Kenya
Robert Kennedy's Funeral Train
How huge crowds of Americans mourned Bobby Kennedy after his 1968 assassination.
Stalin's Gulag
Millions of people were sent to brutal labour camps in the USSR under Joseph Stalin
