Witness History Episodes Available now
The release of Gilad Shalit
Israeli solider Gilad Shalit was freed after being held hostage for more than five years
The funk and soul club that changed Manchester
Manchester’s first racially inclusive nightclub
Dassler brothers’ rift
Brothers Adi and Rudi Dassler would go on to create global firms Adidas and Puma.
The raising of the Mary Rose
King Henry VIII's warship, The Mary Rose, was raised from the seabed in October 1982
Castrating Pablo Escobar's hippos
Pablo Escobar's pet hippos were found roaming Colombian waterways in 2007
Chiune Sugihara: The Japanese Schindler
In 1940, Chiune Sugihara saved the lives of Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazis
The power of Jomo Kenyatta
Death pardons and chasing diplomats with sticks
Festival of Light
The Nationwide Festival of Light held by Christians protested against societal changes
Iran-Iraq War begins
On 22 September 1980 the Iran-Iraq war began, one of the bloodiest in recent history
The first Pope to visit Africa
Popes rarely left the Vatican City in the 1960s, but in 1969, Pope Paul VI visited Uganda
