Witness History Episodes Available now
France's nuclear tests in Algeria
Between 1960 and 1966, France carried out 17 nuclear tests in the Algerian Sahara
Kosovo鈥檚 house schools
In the 1990s a generation of Albanians got their education crammed into private homes
Europe's horse meat scandal
In 2013, horse meat was discovered in beef products across Europe
Miracle on the Hudson
On 15 January 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 landed in the Hudson River in New York
World鈥檚 first tidal power station
French President Charles De Gaulle opened the power station in 1966.
Gal谩pagos Islands鈥� sea cucumber dispute
A demand for sea cucumbers set off a confrontation between fishermen and conservationists
Paul Robeson and the transatlantic phone line
In 1957, Paul Robeson used a new undersea phone line to perform a transatlantic concert.
Dutch North Sea flood
In 1953, a storm combined with high tides breached sea defences in the Netherlands
Plastics in oceans
In 1971 Edward Carpenter discovered plastic floating about in the Atlantic Ocean
Pussy Riot鈥檚 cathedral protest
In 2012, a punk protest took place in one of Moscow's main cathedrals
