Witness History Episodes Available now
Creation of the UFC
In 1993, a new sport was born. Its founders called it the Ultimate Fighting Championship
Lord of the Flies
It’s 70 years since William Golding’s acclaimed novel was published
Handover of Macau
In 1999, Macau was handed back to China after more than 400 years as a Portuguese colony
The Siege of Yarmouk
How the Syrian army turned one neighbourhood near Damascus into a bombed-out wasteland
Iran's secret Christian 'house churches'
Between 2002 and 2005, Naghmeh Panahi set up a network of 'house churches' in Iran
German naturists
The naturist movement began in Germany at the end of the 19th Century
Luana Mansilla: Changing gender aged six
In 2013, the gender of a six-year-old from Argentina was legally changed
India's capsule coal mine rescue
In November 1989, 65 miners were rescued from the Mahabir Coal Mine, in India
How Greece got rid of their king
In a 1974 referendum, the Greek people voted two to one in favour of becoming a republic
The Pakistan mountain massacre
In 2013, 11 people were killed by members of a militant group at Nanga Parbat base camp