Witness History Episodes Available now

Mongolian revolution
In 1990, a peaceful revolution brought democracy to Mongolia

Creating Teletubbies
The story of the inspiration behind one of the most popular kids TV shows of all time

'The Dismissal' of Gough Whitlam
In 1975, the Prime Minister was sacked in Australia's biggest constitutional crisis

The Killing of Jean Charles de Menezes
An unarmed Brazilian man is shot dead by anti-terrorism police in Stockwell, south London.

Demolishing the Babri Masjid
Hindu extremists demolished a mosque in the Indian city of Ayodhya

Quebec’s 1995 referendum
In 1995, the people of Quebec voted on whether to become independent from Canada

Miss World protest
In 1970, feminists stormed the stage at the Miss World pageant in London

The woman who smuggled HIV into Bulgaria in her handbag
Virologist Professor Radka Argirova was the first to test people for HIV in Bulgaria

The islands Japan and Russia can’t agree on
In 1947, thousands of Japanese people were taken from their island homes by Soviet troops

CrossFit: The fitness phenomenon that changed the industry
In 2000, an American personal trainer invented CrossFit