Witness History Episodes Available now

Arrested for 'immorality' in South Africa
Dr Zureena Desai was arrested in South Africa for breaking the Immorality Act

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