1499 Episodes

  1. Richard Dimbleby describes Belsen

    Published: 14/04/2023

  2. I led the hunt for the Boston Marathon bombers

    Published: 13/04/2023

  3. Mass grave at Sernyky

    Published: 12/04/2023

  4. The universal recycling symbol

    Published: 11/04/2023

  5. Emperor Tewodros II

    Published: 10/04/2023

  6. The Good Friday Agreement referendum

    Published: 7/04/2023

  7. Beto Perez: 'I created Zumba by accident'

    Published: 6/04/2023

  8. Awaji Kannon: One of the world's tallest statues

    Published: 5/04/2023

  9. Pan-European picnic

    Published: 4/04/2023

  10. Escaping national service in Eritrea

    Published: 3/04/2023

  11. A Brief History of Time

    Published: 31/03/2023

  12. The first photo sent from a phone

    Published: 30/03/2023

  13. Godfather of manicures

    Published: 29/03/2023

  14. How Bengaluru became India’s Silicon Valley

    Published: 28/03/2023

  15. The windmill that revolutionised wind power

    Published: 27/03/2023

  16. Keiko: Freeing 'Free Willy'

    Published: 24/03/2023

  17. The man who lived in an airport

    Published: 23/03/2023

  18. DDLJ: India’s longest running movie

    Published: 22/03/2023

  19. Alcatraz: The strangest escape

    Published: 21/03/2023

  20. Kieu Chinh: A real Hollywood story

    Published: 20/03/2023

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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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