Witness History Episodes Available now
The Aids 'patient zero' myth
How Gaetan Dugas was mistakenly identified as the 'patient zero' of the Aids epidemic.
The assassination of the Mirabal sisters
Three sisters, all political activists, were murdered in 1960 in the Dominican Republic
Estonia’s internet ‘Tiger Leap’
Estonia started connecting all schools to the internet in 1996 ahead of other countries
The doctor who helped her mother to die
How a Dutch doctor’s euthanasia dilemma changed the world.
Europe's last smallpox epidemic
The virologist who helped tackle the last smallpox outbreak in Europe
The Woman in Gold by Gustav Klimt
The story behind one of Klimt's most famous paintings
Russia’s Democracy pioneer
Galina Starovoitova, the murdered politician who championed democracy in '90s Russia
Sudan's October Revolution
How Sudanese civilian protesters first brought down a military regime in 1964
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
How a particular form of psychotherapy became popular for treating anxiety and depression
The capture of war criminal Radovan Karadzic
How Serbia finally caught one of Europe's most wanted men in Belgrade in 2008.
