Witness History Episodes Available now
The Great Plague
In the summer of 1665, London was gripped by one of the worst epidemics in its history
Soviet Imaginary Heroes
A Soviet story of heroic feats of bravery during WWII... that could not have happened.
The Cuyahoga River Fire
In June 1969 the heavily polluted Cuyahoga River, in Ohio in the USA, caught fire
Date Rape
The first time 'date rape' hit the headlines in the USA.
Forced Sterilisation in Peru
In the 1990s more than 280,000 women were sterilised in Peru, many against their will.
The Khobar Towers Bombing - Saudi Arabia
On June 25th 1996 a huge truck bomb was planted at a US housing complex in Saudi Arabia.
The Bobbitt Story
On 23 June 1993 a young wife cut off her husband's penis in a frenzied attack
Space Crash
Michael Foale was on board the Mir space station when a resupply vessel crashed into it
Jackass Penguin Rescue
An oil spill in June 2000 threatened tens of thousands of African penguins.
Black in the USSR
Robert Robinson, a black American engineer, spent 43 years in the USSR against his will.
