Witness History Episodes Available now
Afghanistan's Secret Schools for Girls
How Afghan women resisted the Taliban's efforts to prohibit education for girls
LBJ State of the Union Address
US President Lyndon B Johnson's 1965 speech proposed healthcare for the poor and elderly
Alaska statehood
On January 3 1959 Alaska finally became a fully fledged member state of the USA.
Chiapas Uprising
On January 1 1994 indigenous people in southern Mexico began their rebellion.
Hamlet
Hamlet - by William Shakespeare - is still popular four centuries after it was written.
Assad and Syria
It is 40 years since Hafez al Assad seized power in Syria.
The Great Escape
One of the Great Escapees from a German prisoner of war camp speaks out
Jamaica Slave Rebellion
The rebellion was brutally crushed, but it had a significant impact
Christmas Truce
When British and German troops sang carols, exchanged gifts and played football together
Andrei Sakharov
On 23 December, 1986 the Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov was allowed to return to Moscow
