Witness History Episodes Available now
Russian ballerina defects to the west
The Russian ballerina who defected to the west
The mystery of France's lost king
The fate of Louis-Charles, imprisoned in 1795, was for years shrouded in rumour
The world’s first lesbian couple to get married
In 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalise gay marriage
What the 1989 solar storm did to Quebec
In 1989, a huge solar flare ground life to a halt in Quebec
The Hindenburg airship disaster
In 1937, the Hindenburg burst into flames during mooring, killing 35 people on board.
The invention of the wingsuit
In 1999, skydiver Jari Kuosma developed the first commercial wingsuit
Discovery of the hole in the earth’s ozone
In 1985, news broke of a major environmental discovery: a hole in the earth’s ozone layer
Earth: A pale blue dot in the universe
In 1990, a space probe's photograph of Earth captured the enormity of space
Ken Hom's 'Chinese Cookery'
In 1984, Ken Hom taught TV audiences to cook Chinese food for the first time
The disputed history of pad Thai
Exploring the different theories behind the creation of pad Thai
