Witness History Episodes Available now
The Notting Hill riots
Inter-racial violence broke out in west London in the summer of 1958
The first black woman MP in Britain
In 1987 Diane Abbott became the first black woman to be elected to the British Parliament
Learie Constantine - fighting racism in the UK
The great West Indian cricketer who fought against racism in the UK
China opens up to capitalism
How China's Communist rulers established the country's first Special Economic Zones
The 1967 Hong Kong riots
How workers and students filled the colony's streets, pressing for an end to British rule
Mao's Cultural Revolution
We hear from one man who took part in China's brutal Cultural Revolution.
My memories of Chairman Mao
China's legendary Communist leader in the words of an American who knew him well
The birth of the People's Republic of China
On 1 October 1949 Chairman Mao declared China a communist state
The death of a matador
The fatal goring of the legendary bullfighter Francisco Rivera Pérez - "Paquirri".
The Large Hadron Collider
In September 2008, the world's biggest science experiment was switched on.
