1497 Episodes

  1. Chef to five presidents

    Published: 12/25/2024

  2. When instant noodles came to India

    Published: 12/24/2024

  3. 'I created MasterChef'

    Published: 12/23/2024

  4. Australian republic referendum

    Published: 12/20/2024

  5. Poland's bleak Christmas

    Published: 12/19/2024

  6. Ceefax: the start of interactive television

    Published: 12/18/2024

  7. Surviving Andes plane crash

    Published: 12/17/2024

  8. Peshawar school massacre

    Published: 12/16/2024

  9. The birth of reggaeton

    Published: 12/13/2024

  10. The handover of the Panama Canal

    Published: 12/12/2024

  11. The Purple Heart Warriors

    Published: 12/11/2024

  12. Castro's Cuban revolution attempt

    Published: 12/9/2024

  13. India’s 1998 nuclear tests

    Published: 12/6/2024

  14. Julia Gillard speaks out on sexism

    Published: 12/5/2024

  15. The ‘Three Marias’

    Published: 12/4/2024

  16. The discovery that led to Covid vaccines

    Published: 12/3/2024

  17. Gloria Steinem: The start of Ms. Magazine

    Published: 12/2/2024

  18. The end of the US HIV travel ban

    Published: 11/29/2024

  19. The deepest man-made hole in the world

    Published: 11/28/2024

  20. Thich Quang Duc: Buddhist monk who set himself on fire

    Published: 11/27/2024

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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.