Witness History Episodes Available now
World War One: Russia at War
How Russia's disastrous war on the Eastern Front became a catalyst for revolution
China's Barefoot Doctors
How China's barefoot doctor scheme revolutionised rural healthcare.
M*A*S*H
The last episode of the iconic TV series broadcasts to record audiences across the US.
The Killing of Olof Palme
The Swedish Prime Minister was shot dead on a Stockholm street on February 28th 1986.
The Angel of the North
The huge steel sculpture that has become an icon for the north-east of England.
The Last Smallpox Outbreak
In India in 1974 thousands of people died in the world's last major smallpox epidemic
David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest
One of the biggest novels of the late twentieth century was published in February 1996.
The Boy in the Bubble
David Vetter was born with a disease which meant he lived inside a plastic bubble
Jimmy Swaggart's Fall From Grace
How one of America's most successful televangelists was caught with a prostitute
Ghana Must Go
Over a million African migrants, most of them Ghanaian, had to leave Nigeria in 1983
