Witness History Episodes Available now
The ancient oak tree that taught the world a lesson
A tree in Kew Gardens survived the storm of 1987 and revolutionised gardening.
Reforming India's rape laws
The overhaul of India's rape laws followed the fatal gang rape of a student in Delhi.
The Way Ahead group: Modernising the Royal Family
The Way Ahead group was set up in the 1990s to make Britain’s monarchy more relevant
The frozen zoo
Since 1975, San Diego Zoo has been deep-freezing cell samples from rare species
The discovery of whalesong
In the 1960s whales were being hunted to extinction.
Silent Spring: A book that changed the world
Silent Spring examined the effect of pesticides on the environment
How the dodo died out
A flightless bird, the dodo was extinct just decades after being discovered by Europeans
The mystery of the disappearing frogs
How scientists discovered that a deadly fungus was killing off amphibians.
The killing of Osama Bin Laden
The US tracked down the al-Qaeda leader to a city in northern Pakistan in 2011
The story of George Stinney Jr
How a 14-year-old boy became the youngest person executed in the USA in the 20th century
