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Witness HistoryEpisodes

  1. 04/05/2026 GMT

    The story of our times told by the people who were there.

  2. Witness History

    The story of our times told by the people who were there.

  3. Witness History

    The story of our times told by the people who were there.

  4. Peter Singer’s Drowning Child thought experiment

    In 1972, Peter Singer published one of the most influential ideas in modern philosophy

  5. Witness History

    The story of our times told by the people who were there.

  6. 27/04/2026 GMT

    The story of our times told by the people who were there.

  7. Witness History

    The story of our times told by the people who were there.

  8. The clean-up of Chernobyl

    The story of the clean-up at the world’s worst nuclear accident in Ukraine in April 1986

  9. The war in the woods

    In 1993, rainforest logging plans sparked Canada’s largest act of civil disobedience

  10. Witness History

    The story of our times told by the people who were there.

  11. Witness History

    The story of our times told by the people who were there.

  12. Discovering Hans Christian Andersen's 'lost fairytale'

    In October 2012, the discovery of Hans Christian Andersen’s first fairytale

  13. The introduction of Sharia law in Aceh, Indonesia

    On 24 June 2005, the first Sharia law public caning took place in Indonesia

  14. Witness History

    The story of our times told by the people who were there.

  15. Roddy Doyle: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

    In 1993, the Irish writer Roddy Doyle won the prestigious Booker Prize for Fiction

  16. The creation of My Little Pony

    In 1983, American toymaker Bonnie Zacharle's pony design hit the market

  17. The turtle freed after 41 years in captivity

    In 1984, Jorge became trapped and was moved to an aquarium in Argentina

  18. Khula Manch, the victory rally

    In 1970, people gathered in Kathmandu to celebrate multi-party democracy in Nepal

  19. Hitler's teeth

    In 1945 a search begins for Hitler's dentist to prove the Führer's corpse is genuine.

  20. Marcel Duchamp and the urinal that changed art

    In 1942, the French artist featured in New York's first major surrealist exhibition

  21. Straightening the Leaning Tower of Pisa

    In 2001, the Leaning Tower of Pisa reopened to the public after an 11-year closure.

  22. The first commercially successful electronic cigarette

    In May 2004, pharmacist Hon Lik's vape went on sale in China

  23. Spain welcomes Picasso’s Guernica

    In 1981 the iconic painting, Guernica, was finally handed to Spain after a 44-year exile

  24. New Nordic cuisine

    In 2004, Danish food entrepreneur Claus Meyer launched a revolution in Nordic cooking

  25. The discovery of the Terra Nova shipwreck

    In 2012, a team of researchers discovered one of the most famous polar shipwrecks

  26. Echo and the elephants

    In 1972, the world’s longest-running study of wild elephants was first launched in Kenya

  27. Anthony Bourdain's Don't Eat Before Reading This

    In April 1999, Anthony Bourdain's essay Don't Eat Before Reading This was published

  28. The first Great Wall of China trek

    In May 1984, three friends set off on an epic trek along the Great Wall of China

  29. How a Maasai community in Kenya overcame a deadly drought

    In 2013, after losing most of their cattle, herders in Kajiado County came up with a plan

  30. The only Pope to visit New Zealand

    In November 1986, Pope John Paul II visited New Zealand as part of a six nations tour

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