Witness History Episodes Available now
Disney animators' strike
In 1941, the animators at Walt Disney's studios went on strike for nine weeks over pay
UK鈥檚 鈥榃inter of Discontent鈥�
In 1979, British gravediggers went on strike over pay
The beginnings of Notting Hill Carnival
In 1959, Claudia Jones held a Caribbean party, planting the seeds for the famous carnival
The Harder They Come
Jimmy Cliff spoke about the film that brought reggae music to the world in 1972
The fall of Slobodan Milosevic
How the Yugoslavian president was forced from office in October 2000
The release of Gilad Shalit
Israeli solider Gilad Shalit was freed after being held hostage for more than five years
The funk and soul club that changed Manchester
Manchester鈥檚 first racially inclusive nightclub
Dassler brothers鈥� rift
Brothers Adi and Rudi Dassler would go on to create global firms Adidas and Puma.
The raising of the Mary Rose
King Henry VIII's warship, The Mary Rose, was raised from the seabed in October 1982
Castrating Pablo Escobar's hippos
Pablo Escobar's pet hippos were found roaming Colombian waterways in 2007
