Witness HistoryEpisodes Episode guide
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28/08/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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27/08/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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26/08/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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25/08/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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24/08/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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21/08/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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'I created the duck cake from Bluey'
In 1980, an Australian birthday cake book was launched that would inspire generations
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19/08/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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The battle of Mandalay in WW2
The story of a crucial battle in the Burma campaign in 1945
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Asha Bhosle: The world's most recorded artist
Asha Bhosle became the world's most recorded artist in 2011
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The tortoise and the hippo
A baby hippo and a giant tortoise form an unlikely friendship
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Witness History
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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Witness History
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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Treetops: The day a princess became a queen
In 1952, Princess Elizabeth became queen while staying at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya
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Finding the den of the Tsavo man-eaters
In 1997, scientists set out to find a cave believed to have sheltered man-eating lions
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The origins of the all-inclusive holiday
How a holiday village in Majorca helped pioneer the all-inclusive holiday
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When Taiwan’s ‘White Terror’ ended
In 1987 Taiwan finally lifted martial law after nearly four decades of authoritarian rule
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Ashley Kriel: South Africa's anti-apartheid 'Che Guevara'
In the 1980s Ashley Kriel emerged as a leader of the struggle against white minority rule
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The first carbon offset
In 1988, an idea was born to plant trees to offset effects of a coal-fired power plant
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City of God: The film that reshaped global cinema
City of God was filmed in 2001 using children from Rio De Janeiro’s favelas as actors
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The cellist who survived Auschwitz-Birkenau
In 1943, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch survived Auschwitz after being recruited to an orchestra
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'I organised the first Comic Con'
In 1964 a group of teenage boys organised the first official comic convention in New York
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Sweden's summer shutdown
In 1978, Swedish workers relished the chance to take long, paid vacations
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The making of Oasis’ Wonderwall
The story behind the making of an anthem
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The last execution by garrote: Salvador Puig Antich
In 1974, a 25-year-old anarchist became the last person executed by garrote in Spain(R)
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Creating Africa’s largest film festival
In 1969, the first African film festival of Ouagadougou took place
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The first solar-powered flight around the world
In 2016, two pilots attempted to fly around the globe without any fuel
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Unveiling the face of Crazy Horse
In 1998, a carving of the face of Native American warrior Crazy Horse was unveiled
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How a Peruvian instrument revolutionised flamenco
In 1977, flamenco artists attended a party in Lima that transformed the genre forever
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Mexico’s ‘little old lady killer’
In 2008, Juana Barraza was found guilty of murdering 11 elderly women
