Witness History Episodes Available now
BR Ambedkar
The Indian independence leader and campaigner for Dalit rights died in December 1956.
The Exam That Changed China
The return of university entrance exams showed the Cultural Revolution had really ended.
The Development of WiFi
Australian scientists were central to the development of wifi.
Somalia's Islamic Courts Union
How the Islamic movement brought a brief moment of peace to Mogadishu after years of war
The Disappearance of Harold Holt
The Australian Prime Minister went for a swim on December 17th 1967 - and never came back
The Great London Smog
Thousands died as a thick polluted fog engulfed London in 1952
The Unsung Hero of Heart Surgery
The African-American lab technician whose surgery helped save millions of babies..
Otis Redding
The great soul singer who was killed in a plane crash in December 1967
Hypnotising Saddam's Son
How an American hypnotist went to Iraq to treat Uday, the eldest son of Saddam Hussein.
Art in Revolutionary Russia
Avant-garde art flourished in Russia after the 1917 revolution but was later suppressed
