Witness History Episodes Available now
The soldier who never surrendered
A Japanese soldier hid in the jungle in Guam for nearly 30 years after World War Two
The birth of Karaoke
The man who invented the Karaoke machine speaks to Witness History
Japan's Bullet Train
Japanese railways launched the fastest train the world had ever seen in October 1964
The paintings of Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh's great-great nephew recalls growing up among his paintings
When war came to Darfur
How a 13-year-old boy's life was changed by the war in Darfur in Sudan
Surviving Norway's day of terror
Lisa Husby recalls running for her life from far-right extremist Anders Breivik
The Battle of Gondar
In 1941, Italian colonial rule in Africa ended after a last stand by Mussolini's soldiers
Domestic violence in Brazil
In 2006 Brazil passed the ground-breaking 'Maria da Penha law' to tackle domestic abuse
England's summer of riots
How six weeks of race riots gripped towns in northern England in 2001
When the Taliban took Kabul
Taliban fighters first took control of Afghanistan's capital city Kabul in 1996
