Witness History Episodes Available now
The Carnation Revolution in Portugal
In 1974, a 41-year regime was overthrown in a day
French child evacuees of World War Two
In World War Two, tens of thousands of children left Paris to escape the threat of bombs
Uruguay v the tobacco giant
In 2010, Uruguay was taken to court by a tobacco company for its trailblazing smoking ban
The Whisky War: Denmark v Canada
Beginning in 1984, a dispute over an island was marked by geniality, and bottles of booze
The discovery of the Lord of Sipan in Peru
In 1987, the looting of an ancient pyramid led to an extraordinary golden discovery
The lost Czech scrolls
The Torah scrolls stolen by the Nazis, rescued by an London Jewish community.
Crimea's Soviet holiday camp
The hugely popular Soviet holiday camp, Artek
Russia annexes Crimea
In 2014, Russia took over the Crimean peninsula
Whistler: Creating one of the world’s biggest ski resorts
In 2003, Whistler Blackcomb won its bid to host the Winter Olympics
Columbus Lighthouse
A memorial for the ashes of Christopher Columbus opened in the Dominican Republic in 1992
