Witness History Episodes Episode guide
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13/10/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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12/10/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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09/10/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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08/10/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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07/10/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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06/10/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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05/10/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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02/10/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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01/10/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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The contraceptive pill gets legalised in Japan
In 1999, after decades of campaigning, the oral contraceptive was legalised in Japan
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Sulawesi's cave art and the origins of storytelling
In 2012, rock art found in Indonesia challenged our understanding of human history
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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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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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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 discovery of the San José shipwreck
In 2015, the 'holy grail' of shipwrecks was found off the coast of Colombia
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The birth of India's call centre industry
Pramod Bhasin set up India’s first call centre in 1997
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Stardust: Ireland's deadly nightclub fire
In 1981, a fire in a Dublin nightclub killed 48 people
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Connecting homes to the internet using cable TV
In 1991, Rouzbeh Yassini created technology enabling millions of homes to access the web
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Norway’s teacher resistance in World War Two
During the Nazi occupation of Norway, the country’s teachers resisted teaching propaganda
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Firefighter: Surviving the 9/11 North Tower collapse
On 11 September 2001, firefighter Jay Jonas was inside the North Tower when it collapsed.
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The weather report that changed the date of D-Day
In 1944, a weather report predicted a storm that changed the course of WW2 history
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Bayeux Tapestry: the lost Nazi archive
In 1994, a French curator helped recover documents thought lost since World War Two
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The 'moving' statue of Ballinspittle
In 1985, reports of a moving Virgin Mary statue drew thousands to a small Irish village (R)
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Surviving the Long March
In 1935, thousands who had followed Mao Zedong on the Long March struggled to survive
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Star Trek: America's first interracial TV kiss
In 1968, American television broadcast what's claimed to be the first interracial kiss
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The making of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Peter Coyote reflects on the making of the movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
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‘Genius’ sci-fi writer Octavia E Butler
In 1995, Octavia E Butler received a MacArthur “genius” award for science-fiction writing
