Witness History Episodes Available now
The Brighton Hotel Bombing
The day Margaret Thatcher survived a bomb attack in October 1984
Escape from Sobibor Death Camp
Hundreds of Jewish slave labourers staged a revolt in a Nazi death camp in October 1943
Thomas Sankara African Revolutionary
When one of Africa's most celebrated leaders was killed in a coup in Burkina Faso
Josephine Baker - Black American Superstar
In 1925 a young black American dancer became an overnight sensation in Paris
Tunnel Under the Berlin Wall
In October 1964 a group of students helped 57 people escape from East Germany
Danish Jews Escape the Holocaust
During WWII, most of the Jews in Denmark evaded Nazi plans to send them to death camps
The Murder of Anna Politkovskaya
The outspoken Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered in October 2006
The Betty Ford Center
How a First Lady's struggle with drugs led to the founding of a world famous rehab clinic
Israel's Nuclear Secrets
In October 1986, Mordechai Vanunu revealed Israel's secret nuclear weapons programme
Australia's Asylum Stand-off
In 2001, Australia refused entry to more than 400 refugees aboard a Norwegian freight ship
