Witness History Episodes Available now
Judy Garland's Final Shows
The world famous singer's final performances were in London in January 1969
'Fat is a Feminist Issue'
Susie Orbach's book led people to rethink body-image from a feminist perspective
Diary of Life in a Favela
The poor black single mother who stunned Brazil with a book about her life in 1960.
When Stalin Rounded Up Soviet Doctors
Hundreds of Soviet doctors were imprisoned or shot in the last year of Stalin's rule.
Fidel Castro Takes Havana
The end of the US-backed dictator and the start of communist rule in Cuba in January 1959
The Doomsday Seed Vault
In 2008, the first global seed vault was opened to safeguard the world's crops
Vikings in North America
The Canadian discovery that proved Vikings had crossed the Atlantic 1000 years ago
Ceausescu's 'House of the People'
The vast building that symbolised the excesses of Romania's brutal former dictator
Barbara Cartland - Queen of Romance
Exploring the life of bestselling writer Dame Barbara Cartland.
Brazil's Marijuana Summer
In 1987 thousands of tin cans full of marijuana washed up on the beaches in Rio.
