Witness History Episodes Available now
The man who invented the seat belt
In 1958, Swedish engineer Nils Bohlin invented the three-point safety belt for cars
Fifty years of Abba
In 1974, Swedish act Abba won the Eurovision song contest
Surviving the Rwandan genocide
April 1994 was the start of the Rwandan genocide. One hundred days of atrocities followed
The founding of Nato
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed to block the Soviet Union's expansion
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
