Witness History Episodes Available now
South Korea's 1980s prison camps
A so-called Social Purification project led to thousands of citizens being imprisoned
The scandal of Liverpool's missing Chinese sailors
How the British city forced out Chinese seamen who'd served during World War Two.
Returning Ethiopia's looted history
The Stele of Axum, a 4th century Ethiopian treasure, was returned by Italy in 2005
How Club Med changed holidays
Holidaymakers arrived at the first Club Med resort in Majorca in summer 1950
The fight for women's prayer rights in Israel
A Jewish feminist group's campaign to pray freely at the Western Wall in Jerusalem
The 1960s report that warned the USA was racist
A US government report into the riots of 1967 blamed white racism for creating ghettos
The death of Frida Kahlo
In July 1954 the great Mexican artist died after years of illness. She was just 47.
Montreal's 'Night of Terror'
When the city's police force went on strike there was looting and rioting in the streets.
The unlawful death of Christopher Alder
The black former soldier choked to death on the floor of a British police station in 1998
The doctor who discovered how cholera spread
How Dr John Snow found out the cholera bug was spread through contaminated water in 1854.
