Witness History Episodes Available now
The trial of Charles Manson
He was responsible for a series of gruesome murders in the Hollywood hills.
The General Strike
In May 1926 workers across Britain went on strike in support of coal miners.
Suicide of gay footballer
Justin Fashanu, Britain's first openly gay footballer, killed himself in May 1998.
The Los Angeles Riots
The people of South Central Los Angeles took to the streets in fury at police brutality
The capture of President Izetbegovic
In May 1992 the Bosnian president was taken captive by Serb soldiers.
The right to die
In 2002 a paralysed woman, known as Miss B, was allowed to die in a London hospital.
Mass Trespass
How walkers stormed an English peak in 1932 and started a fight for countryside access.
Studio 54
It is 35 years since the legendary New York night club opened its doors to cool people.
Gallipoli
One New Zealand soldier's account of surviving the Battle of Gallipoli in 1915
75 years since Guernica
In April 1937 the Basque town of Guernica was firebombed during the Spanish Civil War.
