Witness History Episodes Available now
Speaking out against my abuser: Daniel Ortega
How Nicaragua's president was accused of sexual abuse by his step-daughter
The creation of the Barbie doll
Hear from the woman who created the most famous doll in the world.
Britain's first Muslim woman in government
Sayeeda Warsi was appointed to the coalition government's Cabinet in May 2010
Happy Beer Day!
On March 1st 1989 Icelanders were allowed to buy beer for the first time in decades
Asama Sanso: Japanese hostage crisis
Armed left-wing extremists fought off Japanese police in the mountains in February 1972
Sucked out of a plane
Nine people died when a cargo door opened mid-flight over the Pacific in February 1989
Swine flu shuts down Mexico City
A highly infectious virus appeared in Mexico in 2009 and rapidly spread round the world
Venezuela's oil bonanza
The boom and bust years of "Saudi" Venezuela in the 1970s
How science ended the search for Josef Mengele
A panel of scientists went to Brazil to identify the remains of the infamous Nazi in 1985
The men who tried to warn us about smoking
When doctors said cigarette smokers were dying prematurely the UK government did little.
