Witness History Episodes Available now
The Release of the Birmingham Six
In March 1991, six men were freed ending one of Britain's worst miscarriages of justice
Tenerife Air Disaster
In March 1977 the worst accident in the history of civil aviation took place in Tenerife.
Spinsters' Rights
Millions of women were left single after the men they would have married died in WW1.
Poisoned in Kosovo
How Roma Gypsies, who fled ethnic violence in 1999, were settled in a camp on toxic land
Condemned as a Spy in the USSR
Flora Leipman, a British Jew, falsely condemned as a spy, was sent to a labour camp
Marie Stopes: Birth Control Pioneer
In March 1921, Marie Stopes opened Britain's first birth control clinic in London
The Polaroid Instant Camera
In February 1947 Edwin Land unveiled his new invention, the first ever instant camera.
The Siege of Sarajevo
Twenty years ago the siege of Sarajevo ended, the longest siege in modern history
The Foxcatcher Story
In 1996 an American multi-millionaire murdered one of the wrestlers he was sponsoring
The Caracazo Protests
In February 1989 new austerity measures sparked days of violent protests in Venezuela
