Witness History Episodes Available now
Revolutionary Psychiatrist RD Laing
The man who changed the way people thought about mental illness.
Bulgaria's "Revival Process"
Bulgaria's brutal policy of forced assimilation against its Turkish minority in the 1980s
The Suzuki Violin Method
In post-WW2 Japan, Shinichi Suzuki developed a new method of teaching the violin.
The Hubble Space Telescope
When it began sending images back to Nasa they were out of focus - Mike Weiss fixed it
Charlie Chaplin Returns to America from Exile
Eugene Chaplin remembers his famous father's love-hate relationship with the USA
The World Festival of Black Arts
In April 1966 thousands of African artists and performers gathered in Senegal
How Peru Mistook Missionaries For Drug Traffickers
Hear from the American who survived being shot down in his plane over the Amazon jungle
The Takeover of NTV in Russia
NTV was the only nationwide independent TV channel in Russia. It was taken over in 2001.
America's 504 Disability Rights Protests
In April 1977, US disabled activists occupied a government building for nearly a month.
UK Sikhs Fight For Religious Rights
In 1969 Sikh bus drivers in Wolverhampton won the right to wear turbans on duty.
