Witness History Episodes Available now
Emerante de Pradines: Haiti鈥檚 musical trailblazer
The singer, dancer and folklorist who became the first Haitian to sign a record deal
Orson Welles broadcasts The War of the Worlds
In 1938, Orson Welles terrified radio listeners with The War of the Worlds
Srebrenica massacre
The worst atrocity Europe had seen since World War Two
The invention of the balloon-expandable stent
The story of how an Argentinian doctor created a new treatment for heart disease
Death of a priest
The 1977 murder of a leading champion for the poor in El Salvador
The man who invented the scratch card
In 1974 the chance to win instant cash went on sale for the first time
GLP-1: A breakthrough for diabetes and obesity
In the 1980s, a scientific breakthrough paved the way for new treatments
The UK鈥檚 first black-owned music studio
In 1961, record producer Sonny Roberts changed the history of British music
Wangari Maathai: The first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize
In 2004, Kenyan ecologist Wangari Maathai won the Nobel Peace Prize
The British oil tanker sunk in Indonesia
In 1958, the British oil tanker, SS San Flaviano was sunk, reportedly by a CIA pilot
