Witness History Episodes Available now
Tiananmen Square escape
Dan Wang was the most wanted student leader after the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989.
Bokassa's massacre of the children
How protests by young people led to Jean-Bédel Bokassa's fall from power in C.A.R
The death of Jawaharlal Nehru
The man who led India to independence died on May 27th 1964
The Acid Survivors Foundation
The Bangladesh charity dedicated to treating the survivors of acid attacks.
How environmental campaign group Greenpeace was formed
The story of how environmental campaign group Greenpeace was formed
Fighting Uganda's anti-gay laws
When MPs tried to toughen the laws against homosexuality, LGBT activists took a stand.
The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs
The Chicxulub impact crater was discovered in 1978.
Walking the Great Wall of China
Three friends set off on an epic trek along the Great Wall of China in May 1984
Hitler's stolen children
During WW2 the Nazis abducted blonde blue-eyed children to build an Aryan master race
China's One Child policy
The Chinese Communist Party started ruthlessly enforcing birth control in the early 1980s
