Witness History Episodes Available now
The museum at the end of the world
In 1992, a zoologist opened one of the world's most remote museums, on an Atlantic island
Grenada's underwater sculpture park
In 2004, Jason deCaires Taylor built the worlds first underwater gallery in Grenada
Pink Triangles: Gay men in Nazi concentration camps
In 2009, Rudolf Brazda returned to the former concentration camp he was in for being gay
Wounded Knee siege
Fifty years ago, indigenous American activists staged a protest against the US authorities
When the Queen 'jumped out of a helicopter'
For the 2012 London Olympic Games the Queen appeared to jump out of a helicopter
Families interned in WW2 China
A first-hand account of being sent to a Japanese internment camp in Shanghai as a child
The invention of Semtex
In 1958, Stanislav Brebera invented Semtex, a malleable and odourless plastic explosive
Seggae riots in Mauritius
Mauritian musician Kaya, died in police custody on 21 February 1999, sparking rioting
Battle for the capital: Bonn v Berlin
In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell and Germany decided which city would be the new capital
First winter ascent of Everest
On 17 February 1980, the first people climbed Everest in winter
