Witness History Episodes Available now
Vatican II: Reforming the Catholic Church
Pope John XXIII wanted to modernise the Catholic Church, reforms took place in the 1960s.
The Carry On Films
The British comic film franchise which found fans around the world
India's First Call Centre
In the late 1990s a businessman started a new industry in India
The Case of Dr Crippen
How one of the most notorious murderers in Edwardian London was captured
The Thames Whale
In January 2006, millions of Londoners were entranced by the appearance of a whale.
Strikers In Saris
South Asian women led a strike against poor working conditions in a British factory.
Mexico's Miracle Water
Thousands of people flocked to the village of Tlacote hoping to be cured by magical water
Judy Garland's Final Shows
The world famous singer's final performances were in London in January 1969
'Fat is a Feminist Issue'
Susie Orbach's book led people to rethink body-image from a feminist perspective
Diary of Life in a Favela
The poor black single mother who stunned Brazil with a book about her life in 1960.