Witness HistoryEpisodes Episode guide
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24/02/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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23/02/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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20/02/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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19/02/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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18/02/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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17/02/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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World War Two’s Shetland Bus
The Norwegian sailors who aided their country's resistance against the Nazis
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13/02/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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12/02/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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11/02/2026 GMT
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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The discovery of nerve growth factor
In 1952, Italian scientist Dr Rita Levi-Montalcini made a crucial discovery
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Witness History
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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Austria's wine scandal
In 1985, scientists discovered poisonous anti-freeze in bottles of fine Austrian wine
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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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The 'Jugroom Fort' rescue mission
In 2007, British forces staged a daring rescue from a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan
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Ötzi: The Iceman of Bolzano
In September 1991, two German hikers found a 5,000-year-old mummy in a glacier
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The Kaohsiung Incident
On 10 December 1979, pro-democracy activists clashed with police in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Chile's 'Penguin Revolution'
In 2006, more than 600,000 school children in Chile began a nationwide protest
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The liberation of Auschwitz
General Vasily Petrenko freed prisoners at the Nazi death camp
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John Logie Baird invents television
On 26 January 1926, John Logie Baird demonstrated the prototype for television
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Agatha Christie: best-selling novelist of all time
In January 1976, author Agatha Christie died aged 85
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The Challenger space shuttle tragedy
In January 1986, the launch of space shuttle Challenger ended in tragedy
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Operation Mincemeat
In April, 1943 the most audacious hoax of WW2 began. It was codenamed Operation Mincemeat
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The Irish priest who built an airport
The story of how a priest raised millions to open an airport at Knock in Ireland(R)
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Exiled Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran
In February 1979, religious leader Ayatollah Khomeini flew back to Tehran from Paris.
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Afghan Star
In 2005, a TV show to find new musical talent was launched in Afghanistan
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The deadly Vargas mudslides in Venezuela
In December 1999, torrential rain in Venezuela led to deadly floods and mudslides
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Creating Cluedo
Blackouts during World War Two helped Anthony Pratt invent the popular family board game
