Witness History Episodes Available now
The invention of the balloon-expandable stent
The story of how an Argentinian doctor created a new treatment for heart disease
Death of a priest
The 1977 murder of a leading champion for the poor in El Salvador
The man who invented the scratch card
In 1974 the chance to win instant cash went on sale for the first time
GLP-1: A breakthrough for diabetes and obesity
In the 1980s, a scientific breakthrough paved the way for new treatments
The UK’s first black-owned music studio
In 1961, record producer Sonny Roberts changed the history of British music
Wangari Maathai: The first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize
In 2004, Kenyan ecologist Wangari Maathai won the Nobel Peace Prize
The British oil tanker sunk in Indonesia
In 1958, the British oil tanker, SS San Flaviano was sunk, reportedly by a CIA pilot
My aunt created The Moomins
Tove Jansson's book The Moomins and the Great Flood was published in 1945
Helen Fielding: The creator of Bridget Jones
In 1995, a single 30-something woman first appeared in a weekly newspaper column
The trial of Soviet writers Daniel and Sinyavsky
How the arrest of two writers sparked the Soviet dissident movement
