Witness History Episodes Available now
President Richard Nixon resigns
In 1974, Richard Nixon became the first US president in history to resign
Ronald Reagan and the Moral Majority
In 1979, the Moral Majority was launched and changed the course of US politics
Bush v Gore: The election decided in the Supreme Court
The US presidential election of 2000 was one of the most contested in history
The Situation Room photograph
The story behind the Situation Room photograph during the raid to kill Bin Laden in 2011
Ice Bucket Challenge
The ice bucket challenge became a worldwide phenomenon in 2014
The 1965 Freedom Riders of Australia
The students who challenged the discrimination of Australia's indigenous people
Finding a home for Bulgaria's dancing bears
In 1998, it became illegal to make bears dance in Bulgaria
Yazidi genocide: A rescue mission on Mount Sinjar
How Yazidis in Iraq fled to Mount Sinjar to escape genocide in August 2014
The man who smuggled punk rock across the Berlin Wall
How punk rock band Die Toten Hosen secretly played a concert in East Berlin.
The first cold chain vaccination storage system
In 1974, Ghana pioneered a new system, to help immunise against serious diseases
