Witness History Episodes Available now
Bojinka Airline Plot
The Manila-based plot to blow up a dozen airliners over the Pacific Ocean
Clinton impeachment
On January 7 1999 the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton began in the US Senate
Sudan's civil war
In 1983 a civil war broke out in Sudan which would last for more than 20 years.
Afghanistan's Secret Schools for Girls
How Afghan women resisted the Taliban's efforts to prohibit education for girls
LBJ State of the Union Address
US President Lyndon B Johnson's 1965 speech proposed healthcare for the poor and elderly
Alaska statehood
On January 3 1959 Alaska finally became a fully fledged member state of the USA.
Chiapas Uprising
On January 1 1994 indigenous people in southern Mexico began their rebellion.
Hamlet
Hamlet - by William Shakespeare - is still popular four centuries after it was written.
Assad and Syria
It is 40 years since Hafez al Assad seized power in Syria.
The Great Escape
One of the Great Escapees from a German prisoner of war camp speaks out
