1499 Episodes

  1. Iraq War: US security guards killed my son

    Published: 17/03/2023

  2. Iraq War: The capture of Saddam Hussein

    Published: 16/03/2023

  3. Iraq War: 'Most wanted' playing cards

    Published: 15/03/2023

  4. Iraq War: Refugees escaping

    Published: 14/03/2023

  5. Iraq War: The beginning

    Published: 13/03/2023

  6. From a goddess to a graduate

    Published: 10/03/2023

  7. Monica McWilliams’ role in the Northern Ireland peace process

    Published: 9/03/2023

  8. Octavia E. Butler: Visionary black sci-fi writer

    Published: 6/03/2023

  9. Zoran Djindjic: The murder of Serbia's prime minister

    Published: 3/03/2023

  10. The museum at the end of the world

    Published: 2/03/2023

  11. Grenada's underwater sculpture park

    Published: 1/03/2023

  12. Pink Triangles: Gay men in Nazi concentration camps

    Published: 28/02/2023

  13. Wounded Knee siege

    Published: 27/02/2023

  14. When the Queen 'jumped out of a helicopter'

    Published: 24/02/2023

  15. Families interned in WW2 China

    Published: 23/02/2023

  16. The invention of Semtex

    Published: 22/02/2023

  17. Seggae riots in Mauritius

    Published: 21/02/2023

  18. Battle for the capital: Bonn v Berlin

    Published: 20/02/2023

  19. First winter ascent of Everest

    Published: 17/02/2023

  20. Discovering Tutankhamun’s tomb

    Published: 16/02/2023

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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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