Witness History Episodes Available now
Vietnam War: The Battle for Hue
Communist forces overran the key city in 1968 triggering one of the war's biggest battles
The Furies Collective: Lesbian Separatists
A group of US feminists set up a commune to live entirely without men in 1971.
Leonardo's Lost Notebooks
In 1967 two long-lost notebooks of the artist Leonardo da Vinci were discovered in Spain
Women's Rights In Iran
Iran's first ever Minister for Women's Affairs was appointed in 1975.
Hull's 'Headscarf Revolutionaries'
The British fishermen's wives who fought for better safety standards in their industry
Sartre and de Beauvoir
The love affair between Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir lasted for 50 years.
The Bombing Of Korean Flight 858
In 1987, 115 people died in an attack ordered by North Korea to disrupt the Olympic Games
Camouflaging Leningrad in World War Two
Russian mountaineers disguised monuments in the city to protect them from enemy fire.
Spying On South Africa's Nuclear Bomb
Renfrew Christie was jailed and tortured for passing details of the bomb to the ANC
The Killing of Vincent Chin
The brutal murder of a young Chinese-American man sparked a civil rights movement.
