Witness History Episodes Available now
The Paris heatwave
In 2003, Paris was overwhelmed by the hottest European heatwave for 500 years
Kennedy’s nail-biter election victory
In 1960, John F Kennedy became the youngest person to be elected United States president.
The invention of bubble tea
Chun Shui Tang tea house in Taiwan began selling bubble tea in 1987
The independence of Zambia
How Zambia became independent in 1964
Discovering the ancient city of Thonis-Heracleion
In 2000 Franck Goddio made one of the greatest ever underwater discoveries
The Bolivian Water War
How Bolivians in the city of Cochabamba fought against the “leasing of the rain”
Rosalind Franklin: DNA pioneer
The scientist produced an X-ray photograph in 1952, that helped show the structure of DNA
Eyjafjallajökull: The volcano that stopped a continent
In 2010, a cloud of volcanic ash brought Europe’s planes back to earth
The invention of the EpiPen
How engineer Sheldon Kaplan and his team made the EpiPen, the lifesaving allergy device
The hippo and the tortoise
In 2004, a hippo and a tortoise became friends. Their story gained worldwide fame
