Witness History Episodes Available now
The White Rose
Seventy years ago, three German students were executed for protesting against Hitler.
Welsh Dam Attack
In 1963 Welsh nationalists took up arms against the construction of a controversial dam
People Power in the Philippines
How four days of huge protests brought down Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos in 1986.
The Feminine Mystique
Betty Friedan's book kickstarted the modern women's movement.
The Lost Egyptian Tomb
In 1995, archaeologists in Egypt's Valley of the Kings made a remarkable discovery
The fall of Singapore
February 1942, Singapore fell to the Japanese. Tens of thousands of soldiers became POWs.
Human Shields in Iraq
The British bus driver who took peace campaigners to Iraq ahead of the 2003 invasion
The fall of Singapore
In February 1942 Britain's stronghold in South East Asia fell to the Japanese.
The Algerian Massacres
In the 1990s, the Algerian military was locked in a brutal struggle with radical Islamists
The Murder of James Bulger
The killing of a toddler in Liverpool 20 years ago that shocked Britain
