Witness History Episodes Available now
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
Flavr Savr tomato: The world's first genetically-engineered food
In 1994, a tomato became the world's first genetically-engineered food on sale
Kiwi: How New Zealand hijacked China's fruit
How the Chinese gooseberry became the kiwi and one of New Zealand’s biggest exports
Inventing Nutella
How the chocolate and hazelnut spread was created in 1946
'The bad boy of Welsh politics'
In 1969, the singer Dafydd Iwan campaigned for official recognition of the Welsh language
