Witness History Episodes Available now
Who has the right to vote in America?
The decision that quashed a key part of an electoral law designed to protect black voters
St Kilda
The remote Scottish islands whose last inhabitants were evacuated in August 1930
Occupy Wall Street
How former policeman Ray Lewis joined the anti-inequality demonstrations in New York
America's first woman combat pilot
How Jeannie Leavitt became the first woman to fly a US Air Force fighter plane in 1993.
Margaret Ekpo - Nigeria's feminist pioneer
The trades union activist and politician who fought for Nigerian independence.
The siege at Ruby Ridge
An 11-day standoff between a fugitive and the US government ended with three people dead.
The Guatemalan syphilis scandal
How American doctors carried out secretive STD experiments in Guatemala in the 1940s
The first modern asthma inhaler
Millions of people’s lives have been saved and improved by the metered dose inhaler.
The lost King of England
How archaeologists discovered the lost grave of King Richard III under a car park
Surviving Saddam
The memories of a young Iraqi woman who grew up in the dictator's inner social circle
