Witness History Episodes Available now
East German refugees in the Prague embassy
Thousands of East Germans sought refuge in the West German embassy in Prague in 1989.
The reburial of a Hungarian hero
The body of Imre Nagy who had led the Hungarian Uprising was reburied in 1989
The legalisation of Solidarity
The Polish trade union organisation was banned by the communists until April 1989
Wangari Maathai Nobel Prize-winning environmentalist
Kenyan activist Wangari Maathai fought to save forests and protect human rights
Britain's worst nuclear accident
A reactor caught fire at the Windscale nuclear plant in the north of England in 1957
The man who fed the world
Dr Norman Borlaug’s pioneering work on disease-resistant grains saved millions.
Mexico City slashes car use
How Mexico City cut its dangerously high air pollution levels
Proving climate change: The Keeling curve
An American scientist began recording carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere in 1958
Britain's World War Two 'Brown Babies'
The stigma of growing up as a mixed race child in post-war Britain
The Bristol bus boycott
How British black activists fought for employment rights in the 1960s
