Witness History Episodes Available now
Burj Khalifa: Designing the world’s tallest building
The tallest building in the world opened in 2010
Formation of the United Arab Emirates
A new country, the United Arab Emirates, was formed in 1971.
The child evacuees of World War Two
The thousands of children moved out of UK cities away from the risk of German bombs
Māori protests stops South African rugby tour
Māori anti-racism activists disrupt the South African rugby tour of New Zealand in 1981
The assassination of Pim Fortuyn
It has been 20 years since the controversial Dutch politician was murdered
First rape crisis centres in the US
Activist Sue Lenaerts helped start up one of the first rape crisis centres in the US
Polynesian Panthers
Polynesians in 1970s New Zealand fight back against dawn raids by the police
Umuganda: Rwanda's community work scheme
In 1975, President Habyarimana introduced Umuganda, compulsory, weekly community work
Dame Carmen Callil: Feminist publisher
Dame Carmen Callil, who died in October this year, founded a feminist publisher in 1972
Campaigning against sex-selection in India
A first-hand account of the 1980s campaign against the sex-selective abortion of girls
