Witness History Episodes Available now
Neanderthal cave mystery
A remarkable discovery in a cave at Bruniquel in southern France in 1990
Chief Albert Luthuli wins the Nobel Prize for Peace
Albert Luthuli was the first African to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
The pioneer of 'Mountain Filming'
How a German filmmaker, Arnold Fanck, shot films high in the mountains in the 1920s
The life and work of Chester Himes
The African-American crime writer Chester Himes first found widespread success in France
The V1 flying bomb
How the first of the Nazi's new "revenge weapons" terrorised Londoners in WW2
The slaves who defeated Napoleon
The first successful slave uprising in modern times, it prompted the abolition of slavery
France's Muslim headscarf ban
A law banning religious clothing from French state schools came into effect in 2004
Iraq's pioneering feminist
Dr Naziha Al-Dulaimi was the first woman to hold a ministerial office in the Arab world
How Ethiopian rebels took power in 1991
In 1991 a Tigrayan-led rebel movement took power in Addis Ababa ending years of war
The fight for disabled rights in the UK
The wheelchair warriors who brought London to a standstill to make their point
