Witness History Episodes Available now
Radar and World War Two
How British women operated secret radar technology during World War Two
The American who put women's rights in the Japanese constitution
How Beate Sirota Gordon got wording on gender equality into Japan's post-war constitution
The atomic bombs dropped on Japan
Atomic bombs were dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945
The battle of Midway
How a huge naval battle between aircraft carriers changed the war in the Pacific
The internment of Japanese Americans
During World War Two thousands of Japanese Americans were sent to prison camps
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
A first-hand account of the surprise strike on a US naval base in December 1941.
The death of Heinrich Himmler
The leading Nazi was caught by British troops shortly after WW2 had ended in Europe
Benidorm and the birth of package tourism
The story of the mayor who created one of the world's biggest holiday resorts.
Adrift for 76 days
A remarkable story of survival, alone in a life-raft adrift in the Atlantic ocean
Australia's 'Black Saturday' bushfires
How 400 separate bushfires burnt their way across Victoria, Australia in 2009.