Witness History
History told by the people who were there. For nine minutes every weekday, Witness History takes you back to moments which have shaped our world.
Episodes (2867 available)
In October 1986, American artist Keith Haring painted a huge mural on the Berlin Wall
10 mins
In 2011, Maltese voters went to the polls to decide if divorce should be legalised
11 mins
In 2006, Australia's first feature film in Aboriginal languages was created
9 mins
In 1959, the writer Gerald Durrell opened the gates to a new kind of zoo
11 mins
How City fans tried to bring back a bit of fun to the terraces in the late 1980s
10 mins
In 1990, human’s closest living relatives were declared endangered for the first time
11 mins
American gorilla expert Dian Fossey was murdered in 1985 in the mountains of Rwanda
11 mins
By 1970 Washoe the chimp was thought to be the first non-human to learn a human language
11 mins
Harry Harlow's controversial monkey tests in the 1950s transformed ideas on attachment
10 mins
On 28 May 1959, the USA sent two monkeys into space and brought them back alive.
11 mins