Witness History Episodes Available now
The British oil tanker sunk in Indonesia
In 1958, the British oil tanker, SS San Flaviano was sunk, reportedly by a CIA pilot
My aunt created The Moomins
Tove Jansson's book The Moomins and the Great Flood was published in 1945
Helen Fielding: The creator of Bridget Jones
In 1995, a single 30-something woman first appeared in a weekly newspaper column
The trial of Soviet writers Daniel and Sinyavsky
How the arrest of two writers sparked the Soviet dissident movement
Jorge Luis Borges: 'Father' of Latin American fiction
In 1961, the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges came to the world's attention
Wallander and the rise of Nordic Noir
First published in 1991, Henning Mankell's novels changed the world of crime fiction
How BRICS got its name
In 2001, economist Jim O鈥橬eill wrote a report on countries set to shape the world economy
Japan surrenders in Beijing
A rare eyewitness account of Japan's surrender in Beijing in 1945
The remote island that was evacuated to 10,000km away
On 10 October 1961, the population of Tristan da Cunha was evacuated to the UK
'I designed the Indian rupee symbol'
On 15 July 2010, India announced its official currency symbol
