Witness History Episodes Available now
The US Apologises for Wartime Internment
Japanese Americans win an apology and compensation for World War II internment.
China and Japan at War
Japanese troops reached the Chinese city of Nanjing in December 1937.
Englandspiel: The Deadly WW2 Spy Game
How Britain sent dozens of Dutch agents to their deaths in Nazi-occupied Netherlands
Apollo 8
How the first mission to orbit the Moon captured the world's imagination in December 1968
When China Joined the WTO
China had to open up its strict communist system to join the World Trade Organisation
Cicely Saunders And The Modern Hospice Movement
The British woman who revolutionised the treatment of dying patients around the world.
Angela Merkel's Rise to Power
Angela Merkel rose to power in German politics after the fall of her mentor, Helmut Kohl.
Adopted By The Man Who Killed My Family
Ramiro Osorio Cristales was five when his family was massacred by the Guatemalan army.
The Armenian Earthquake
A catastrophic earthquake hit northern Armenia on December 7th 1988, hear from a survivor
The Coronation of Jean-Bédel Bokassa
On 4 December 1977 Jean-Bédel Bokassa was crowned Emperor of the Central African Republic
