Witness History Episodes Available now
Banning alcohol in an Indian state
Punyavathi Sunkara recalls how the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh banned alcohol in 1995.
The birth of Reddit
In 2005 two young graduates created one of the internet's most popular websites.
Haiti's cholera outbreak
Haiti was cholera-free until UN peacekeepers brought it to the Caribbean country in 2010
The Dawson's Field hijacking
Barbara Mensch recalls how she was hijacked and held in Jordan in 1970
Care in the Community
In the 1990s Britain closed down many of its long-stay hospitals and asylums
The Cape Town bombings
In the late 1990s there were more than 150 bomb attacks in the South African city
The birth of the Sony Walkman
The portable tape player that brought music-on-the-move to millions was launched in 1979
Flying through a volcano
How a British Airways jumbo jet flew through a volcanic ash cloud and survived
Inventing James Bond
How author and former intelligence officer Ian Fleming created the British super-spy
Who has the right to vote in America?
The decision that quashed a key part of an electoral law designed to protect black voters
