Witness History Episodes Available now
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
The Pope’s controversial Nicaragua visit
Pope John Paul II angered supporters of the Sandinista government during a 1983 trip
Brain: A personal computer virus
In 1986 a computer virus was developed accidentally by two brothers in Pakistan
Escaping the Nazis in Greece
Yeti Mitrani and her family escaped deportation from Greece by the Nazis in 1943
