Witness History Episodes Available now
The Computers for Schools revolution
In 2009, Uruguay became the first country to give every schoolchild a laptop computer.
The murder of environmentalist Chico Mendes
The killing of the man who'd become a powerful symbol of the fight to save the Amazon
The exodus of Kashmiri Hindus
In January 1990 over 100 000 Hindus fled the Kashmir valley
German atrocities in Poland during WW2
The memories of a survivor of Nazi atrocities in the final months of the war in Europe
East Germany's punks
How the communist secret police, the Stasi, tried to crush a youth subculture.
The battle for the Woman in Gold
How an elderly refugee fought the Austrian government to get back a painting by Klimt
Desmond's: A sitcom that changed Britain
Desmond's was the most successful black sitcom in British TV history
The book that predicted an end to civilisation
The Limits to Growth was published in 1972 and suggested global decline from 2020
Chester Williams - South African rugby legend
The story of the only black player in the Springbok team that won the 1995 Rugby World Cup
Negotiating an end to El Salvador's civil war
The UN's top negotiator Alvaro de Soto recalls his part in bringing peace to El Salvador
