Witness History Episodes Available now
Pinochet Case
General Pinochet's surprise arrest at a London clinic in 1998
Land Speed Record
On October 15 1997, a British team set a land speed record which still hasn't been beaten.
Olympic protest 1968
At the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, two black American athletes staged a protest
Brazil prison massacre
How the Brazilian police killed 111 prisoners during a riot in a Sao Paulo jail.
Bali Bombs
Bomb attacks shatter the Indonesian island of Bali, eight years ago today.
Asylums
A special edition of Witness looks at life inside psychiatric institutions of the past.
Che Guevara
On the 9th of October 1967 Che Guevara was killed by armed forces in the Bolivian jungle.
The death of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko
When Steve Biko died in police custody, the South African government lied about his death
Thai student killings 1976
How a student protest 30 years ago, led to bloodshed in the Thai capital
The fall of Slobodan Milosevic
When protestors stormed the Yugoslav parliament - President Milosevic stepped down
