Witness History Episodes Available now
Sarajevo’s haven of peace
The Jewish charity that helped people in the Bosnian war during the siege of Sarajevo
The Great Train Robbery
In 1963, thieves held up a Royal Mail train on its journey from Glasgow to London
Brownie Wise: The creator of Tupperware parties
How Brownie Wise inspired an army of US housewives to sell Tupperware at parties
Dinosaur in court
In 2012 a dinosaur skeleton became the subject of a restraining order and a court case
Treehouse on the Berlin Wall
In 1982 a Turkish worker in Germany built a treehouse against the Berlin Wall
Birth of a new language
In the early 1980s deaf children in Nicaragua invented a new sign language
First dinosaur eggs identified in India
In 1982, Ashok Sahni discovered nests of dinosaur eggs for the first time in India
José Mujica: Prison break to president
Uruguay's former president recounts his revolutionary past as a member of the Tupamaros
Mr Bigg's: The birth of Nigeria's iconic takeaway
It’s been 50 years since Mr Bigg's was first launched in Nigeria
The 1960 coup against Haile Selassie
There was an attempt to overthrow the Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie in December 1960
