1499 Episodes

  1. World War II victory in North Africa

    Published: 12/05/2023

  2. Warsaw Ghetto uprising

    Published: 11/05/2023

  3. The last commercial flight out of Kai Tak

    Published: 10/05/2023

  4. The sinking of the SS Tilawa: the ‘Indian Titanic’

    Published: 9/05/2023

  5. United States bomb the Chinese embassy in Belgrade

    Published: 8/05/2023

  6. The removal of Scotland's Stone of Destiny

    Published: 5/05/2023

  7. Last King of Bulgaria

    Published: 4/05/2023

  8. The 'execution' of Oliver Cromwell

    Published: 3/05/2023

  9. Jean-Bédel Bokassa's coronation

    Published: 2/05/2023

  10. The king under the car park

    Published: 1/05/2023

  11. The fight to televise the Queen's Coronation

    Published: 28/04/2023

  12. The Met Gala goes global

    Published: 27/04/2023

  13. Guatemala's outspoken bishop

    Published: 26/04/2023

  14. Discovering the secrets of DNA

    Published: 25/04/2023

  15. Althea McNish: 'I designed fabrics for the Queen'

    Published: 24/04/2023

  16. The Russian man who pretended to be a dog

    Published: 21/04/2023

  17. Smoky the World War II dog hero

    Published: 20/04/2023

  18. Roselle the 9/11 guide dog

    Published: 19/04/2023

  19. The world's first labradoodle

    Published: 18/04/2023

  20. The first dog in space

    Published: 17/04/2023

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Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups, scientific discoveries, cultural moments and much more. Recent episodes explore everything from the death of Adolf Hitler, the first spacewalk and the making of the movie Jaws, to celebrity tortoise Lonesome George, the Kobe earthquake and the invention of superglue. We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: Eva Peron – Argentina’s Evita; President Ronald Reagan and his famous ‘tear down this wall’ speech; Thomas Keneally on why he wrote Schindler’s List; and Jacques Derrida, France’s ‘rock star’ philosopher. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the civil rights swimming protest; the disastrous D-Day rehearsal ; and the death of one of the world’s oldest languages.

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