Witness History Episodes Available now
Major Charity Adams and the Six-Triple-Eight
The first African-American woman to lead a World War Two battalion
Deadly Everest avalanche
In 2014, an avalanche in the Khumbu Icefall killed 16 sherpas on Mount Everest
West Africa's Ebola virus epidemic
In 2014, Sierra Leone was devastated by Africa's biggest Ebola outbreak on record
The friendship train: Connecting India and Bangladesh
In 2008, India and Bangladesh were reconnected by train after 43 years
Egypt and the ‘Cairo 52’
In May 2001, 52 men were arrested in a gay nightclub floating on the River Nile
Hiroo Onoda, Japan’s last WW2 soldier to surrender
Hiroo Onoda spent 30 years fighting in the jungle, believing the war was still going on
St Teresa of Avila's severed hand
How General Franco kept the hand of St Teresa of Avila for spiritual guidance.
The Scream: A stolen masterpiece
In 1994, an undercover operation was launched to recover the Scream painting
How Lake Karla in Greece was drained
In 1962, Thessaly’s Lake Karla was drained by the Greek government
The 2010 Kampala bombings
Bombings in Uganda in 2010 killed 74. Many were football fans watching the World Cup
