Witness History Episodes Available now
The Death of Princess Diana
Diana, Princess of Wales died in a car crash whilst being chased by paparazzi
The Birth of eBay
The online auction site first went live in 1995.
George Orwell and Animal Farm
Animal Farm was an allegory about the dangers of Soviet communism and of Joseph Stalin.
The Revolutionary Head Scan
The summer of 1983 saw a major breakthrough in the treatment of facial deformities.
Notting Hill Race Riot
The racial disturbances in west London which shocked Britain in 1958.
The Rostock-Lichtenhagen Riots
A home for asylum seekers was set on fire in the German city of Rostock in August 1992
Medicine In World War One
Veterans tell the story of how medical care dealt with the horrors of WW1
The Discovery of Botox
How an ophthalmologist and a dermatologist discovered that a toxin could stop wrinkles
The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials
A German court put Nazi war criminals on trial 20 years after the end of World War Two
Rabindranath Tagore
The "Bard of Bengal" died on August the 7th 1941.
