Sporting Witness Episodes Episode guide
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07/03/2026 GMT
Personal stories of amazing moments from sporting history, told by people who were there
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28/02/2026 GMT
Personal stories of amazing moments from sporting history, told by people who were there
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Sporting Witness
Personal stories of amazing moments from sporting history, told by people who were there
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Sporting Witness
Personal stories of amazing moments from sporting history, told by people who were there
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Sibling success on the slopes
The Croatian siblings who made history at the 2003 Alpine Ski World Cup
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Playing rugby during Syria’s civil war
How rugby union thrived during Syria's civil war
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India’s 1948 hockey gold medal
In 1948, newly independent India won gold in the hockey final at the Olympic Games
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Senna’s first Formula 1 win
In 1985, Ayrton Senna won his first Formula 1 race in torrential rain
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The Nasa swimsuit that rocked the 2008 Olympics
The swimsuit was worn to break 23 records in the Olympic pool before it was banned
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Football's Next Star
In 2009, a TV show earned Ben Greenhalgh a contract at Italian Champions Inter Milan
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ProZone: football's data revolution
In the 1990s, Ramm Mylvaganam came up with an idea that would revolutionise football
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A Cold War hockey match
In 1961, after the Berlin wall went up, Scotland’s women’s hockey team faced West Germany
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Afghanistan’s international ski scene
How the mountains of Bamiyan in central Afghanistan became a skiing hub
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Nigeria at the first Women’s World Cup
In 1991, Nigeria became the first team from Africa to play at the FIFA Women’s World Cup
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The Premier League’s first female photographer
Magi Haroun was the first female photographer in the Premier League
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2005 Ashes: Pratt runs out Ponting
Substitute fielder Gary Pratt runs out Australian captain Ricky Ponting
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Malice at the Palace
How a NBA game spiralled into one of the most infamous brawls in sport's history.
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Colonel Gaddafi’s son plays in Italy’s top football league
Italian top-flight side Perugia made the unusual signing of Al-Saadi Gaddafi in 2003
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The race that stops a nation
Michelle Payne describes being the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup
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Sofia Mulanovich’s first world surfing championship win
Peruvian Sofia Mulanovich became the first South American to win a world surfing title
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Mira Rai: Child soldier to sky runner
Mira Rai served in the Nepalese civil war as a teenager before becoming a sky runner
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When Greg Louganis hit his head on a diving board
At the Seoul 1988 Olympics, the US diver hit his head while attempting a reverse 2½ pike
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The first Esports tournament
In 1972, the first ever Esports tournament was held at California's Stanford University
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Between two giants: Thrilla in Manila’s referee
Carlos Padilla on refereeing Ali v Frazier in the Thrilla in Manila fight 50 years ago
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Second time around
German high jumper Ulrike Nasse-Meyfarth on winning two Olympic golds 12 years apart
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Bula Choudhury – India's record breaking swimmer
: In 2004 Bula Choudhury became the first woman to swim the straits of the seven seas
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Oscar De La Hoya: ‘I knocked him down, he knocked me down’
WBC welterweight champion Oscar De La Hoya's showdown against Ike Quartey from Ghana
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The photo which exposed a goalkeeper's fake injury
In 1989, one photo caught Chile’s goalkeeper faking injury in a World Cup qualifier
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Organising the first Women's Rugby World Cup
How four women organised the first Women's Rugby World Cup held in Britain in 1991
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The referee who invented the red card
How a referee invented the red and yellow card system to caution and send off a player.
