Witness History Episodes Available now
The warship lost for more than 300 years
The discovery of a 17th century Swedish warship, the Vasa, in near perfect condition
EMDR: the eye-movement therapy
A therapy which seems to work for post-traumatic stress was developed in the late 1980s
Patty Hearst the rebel heiress
In April 1974 the heiress announced she supported her kidnappers' beliefs
Mindfulness for the masses
Scientist Jon Kabat-Zinn pioneered a meditative approach to treat pain and depression.
The secret Nazi past of Kurt Waldheim
How former UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim's secret Nazi past was exposed
Around the world in 20 days
The record-breaking balloon flight
Drama in the British parliament
Prime Minister Jim Callaghan's desperate attempts to survive a no-confidence vote in 1979
The first home pregnancy test
A female designer working for a pharmaceutical company came up with the idea in the 1960s
The rise of Viktor Orban
Viktor Orban, now the populist Hungarian Prime Minister led a democratic movement in 1988
Autism and the MMR vaccine
How a British doctor misled the world by linking the MMR vaccine with autism.
