Witness History Episodes Available now
Awaji Kannon: One of the world's tallest statues
In 1982, a Japanese businessman unveiled the World Peace Giant Kannon in Japan
Pan-European picnic
In 1989, a picnic was held as demonstration for European integration
Escaping national service in Eritrea
The story of one young Eritrean woman’s attempt to escape compulsory national service
A Brief History of Time
A Brief History of Time, written by Prof Stephen Hawking, was published in March 1988
The first photo sent from a phone
In 1997, French engineer Philippe Kahn shared the first ever photo from a mobile phone
Godfather of manicures
In 1975, Minh Nguyen left behind his macho military life and re-trained as a manicurist
How Bengaluru became India’s Silicon Valley
Narayana Murthy, founder of Infosys, describes the city's technology revolution
The windmill that revolutionised wind power
In 1978, a group of volunteers in Denmark built their own wind turbine to power a school
Keiko: Freeing 'Free Willy'
In 1998, Keiko the Hollywood killer whale was released back into the wild
The man who lived in an airport
From 1988, Mehran Karimi Nasseri, from Iran, spent 18 years living in a Paris airport
