Witness History Episodes Available now
Heart Transplant
We take you back more than 40 years to the first ever heart transplant operation.
Eastern Congo
We take you back more than 10 years to the beginning of the conflict in eastern Congo.
HIV history
On World Aids Day we remember the early 1980s and the first signs of a new disease.
The Hajj
We take you to Mecca and an eyewitness to the Hajj of the 1930s.
Death of Franco
It's the winter of 1975 and in Spain a dictator is dying.
Thatcher Resigns
Witness takes you back to the last days of a remarkable political career.
A holocaust survivor meets Hermann Goering at the Nuremberg trials
A holocaust survivor comes face to face with Hermann Goering at the Nuremberg trials.
The birth of Britain鈥檚 National Health Service - the NHS
What happened at the beginning of Britain鈥檚 National Health Service?
President Richard Nixon goes to China and meets Chairman Mao
US President Richard Nixon meets the leader of communist china Chairman Mao in Beijing.
Yasser Arafat's speech at the United Nations
Yasser Arafat鈥檚 speech to the United Nations was a landmark for Palestinians.
