Witness History

This episode tells the story of Operation Mincemeat, a daring World War II deception where British intelligence used a corpse carrying forged documents to mislead Germany about the Allied invasion of Sicily.

A lost fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen is discovered in the Danish National Archives in 2012.

This episode explores the first public enforcement of Sharia law in Aceh, Indonesia, in 2005, through the eyes of the acting governor.

Eyewitness account of the 1987 assassination of Burkina Faso's leader Thomas Sankara.

An interview with author Roddy Doyle about winning the 1993 Booker Prize and his childhood in Dublin.

The episode explores the creation of My Little Pony in 1983 through an interview with its creator Bonnie Sackerley.

This episode explores the first major surrealist art exhibition in New York in 1942, designed by Marcel Duchamp.

The episode tells the story of how a Chinese pharmacist invented the first commercially successful electronic cigarette in 2003.

The episode recounts the 1981 return of Picasso's Guernica to Spain after 40 years in exile, highlighting the painting's symbolism and the diplomatic efforts involved.

The episode explores the birth of New Nordic cuisine in Copenhagen in 2004, featuring food entrepreneur Klaus Meyer's childhood experiences with Danish food and the movement's rise.

This episode recounts the discovery of the polar shipwreck Terranova by a research team in 2012.