Witness History Episodes Available now
The Munich Air Disaster
The 1958 plane crash that killed eight of Manchester United's famous "Busby Babes" team.
The Hanafi Hostage Siege
How American Muslim gunmen took more than 100 people hostage in the US capital in 1977.
Women in Britain get the right to vote
On 6th February 1918, women in Britain were given the right to vote for the first time
The Birth of the Water Baby
French obstetrician Dr Michel Odent encouraged women to use water to ease childbirth.
Bringing Nazi Leader Klaus Barbie To Justice
The extradition to France of the man known as 'the butcher of Lyon'
China's Crackdown on Falun Gong
The Chinese government banned the spiritual movement, Falun Gong, in 1999.
Banning The Belt
How two Scottish mothers forced the UK government to end corporal punishment in schools
Lahore Cricket Attack
Islamist militants attacked a convoy of international cricketers in Pakistan in 2009.
The Roots of the Rohingya Crisis
The complex history behind the world's fastest growing refugee crisis.
Hungary's Jewish Underground
During WW2 thousands of fake documents helped save Jews from the Nazis in Hungary.
