Witness History Episodes Available now
Bob Marley Survives Assassination Attempt
An eye-witness remembers the night gunmen tried to kill the global reggae star.
Mother Teresa - The Nun Who Became A Saint
In March 1997 Mother Teresa retired from her charity work in India.
Sara Ginaite, Lithuanian Jewish Partisan
Sara Ginaite escaped from a Jewish ghetto to join communist partisans fighting the Nazis.
Obesity
In 1997 obesity was first recognised as a global problem by the World Health Organisation
Sanctuary Cities
How San Francisco became one of the first 'sanctuary cities' in the USA.
The Origin of Nollywood
The story of the 1992 film which launched Nigeria's hugely successful movie industry
Chairman Mao's Red Guard
One boy's story of communist fervour in 1960s China.
The Decapitation of the Little Mermaid
In 1998 someone vandalised the most famous statue in Denmark.
Death in the Amazon
In January 1956, members of an Amazonian tribe murdered five American missionaries.
Bulgarian Nurses on Trial in Libya
Valya Chervenyashka was accused of mass murder and tortured in a Libyan jail.
