Witness History Episodes Available now
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.
The trial of Oscar Wilde
How a court case ruined the 19th century playwright and wit.
Rivers of Blood speech
In April 1968 a politician put race and immigration at the centre of British politics.
Twenty-five years of the Simpsons
One of the most successful TV series ever was created by cartoonist Matt Groening.
Auschwitz Convoy Escape
How a group of Jews escaped from a train bound for the Auschwitz death camp in 1943.
Japanese embassy hostage crisis
In 1997, left-wing rebels held 71 people hostage for over four months in Peru.
