Witness History Episodes Available now
The Stolen Generation
Debra Hocking was taken from her indigenous Australian family as a baby.
Deep Blue versus Kasparov
It was the first time a computer had beaten a reigning world champion chess player.
50 years of Silicone Breast Implants
In 1962 Timmie Jean Lindsey became the first woman in the world to have the operation.
Charonne Metro deaths
It is 50 years since nine French peace protestors died during a demonstration in Paris.
Drugs in Mexico
On 7 February 1985 a US drug enforcement agent was abducted in Guadalajara.
Death of King George VI
How Britain mourned the death of King George VI in 1952.
Umm Kulthum
The great Egyptian singer was buried 37 years ago.
The Hama massacre
It is 30 years since thousands of Syrians were killed by their own army.
Diane Blood
Winning the chance to conceive a child using sperm from her dead husband
Dickens in America
How a visit to America in 1842 became a turning-point in the career of Charles Dickens.
