Witness History Episodes Available now
Britain's first beach for nudists
In 1980, a seaside town opened a beach where people could strip off as they pleased
The Heimlich Manoeuvre
How the life-saving method to stop choking was developed
Britain's Mirpuri migration
In 1967, the Mangla Dam was built in Mirpur spurring a huge global migration
Wham! in China
How Wham! became the first Western pop act to perform in communist China
Discovering the Terracotta Army
In 1974, Chinese farmers stumbled upon an astonishing archaeological site
The 'comfort women' of World War Two
Hundreds of thousands of Asian women were forced into sex slavery in the 1930s and 1940s
Surviving re-education in China鈥檚 Cultural Revolution
Thousands of people were sent to re-education camps during China鈥檚 cultural revolution
Pinyin: The man who helped China to read and write
In 1958, Zhou Youguang introduced a new writing system in China
The last eruption of Mount Vesuvius
Vesuvius is famous for burying Pompeii but it last erupted in 1944, during World War II.
Winifred Atwell: The honky-tonk star who was Sir Elton John鈥檚 hero
The forgotten story of Winifred Atwell, the pianist from Trinidad who broke sales records
