Witness History Episodes Available now
The death of Jawaharlal Nehru
The death of India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.
The last Viceroy of India
The daughter of the last British viceroy in India remembers the transfer of power in 1947
India's Partition - Part Two
Chandra Joashi was caught on the wrong side of the border during India's partition
India's Partition - Part One
Saleem was five when his family escaped to the new Muslim country of Pakistan in 1947.
The nightclub that changed Ibiza
In June 1973, the nightclub Pacha opened in Ibiza and it changed the island forever.
Discovering Hale Bopp
The Hale Bopp Comet was discovered in 1995 which resulted in advances in science.
Indonesia's forest fires
Forest fires in Indonesia caused huge damage and a dense smog across South East Asia
Sweden’s pronoun battle
How campaigners fought to get ‘hen’ included in Swedish dictionaries.
The resignation of President Nixon
On 8 August 1974, Richard Nixon became the first US president in history to resign
The return of Asians to Uganda
When Yoweri Museveni came to power in 1986, he asked exiled Asians to return to Uganda.
