Witness History Episodes Available now
Japan's Bullet Train
Japanese railways launched the fastest train the world had ever seen in October 1964
The paintings of Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh's great-great nephew recalls growing up among his paintings
When war came to Darfur
How a 13-year-old boy's life was changed by the war in Darfur in Sudan
Surviving Norway's day of terror
Lisa Husby recalls running for her life from far-right extremist Anders Breivik
The Battle of Gondar
In 1941, Italian colonial rule in Africa ended after a last stand by Mussolini's soldiers
Domestic violence in Brazil
In 2006 Brazil passed the ground-breaking 'Maria da Penha law' to tackle domestic abuse
England's summer of riots
How six weeks of race riots gripped towns in northern England in 2001
When the Taliban took Kabul
Taliban fighters first took control of Afghanistan's capital city Kabul in 1996
Jane Goodall and chimpanzees
Chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall has died aged 91. This is a programme from our archive
Prisoner of the Cultural Revolution
Kim Gordon and his parents were locked up for two years in a hotel in China in the 1960s
