Witness History Episodes Available now
Tancredo Neves - Doomed Hero of Brazilian Democracy
How the politician who led Brazil to democracy died before taking office as president.
The Battle of the Airwaves in Latin America
How the BBC began Spanish and Portuguese broadcasts to fight the Nazis in the Americas
Surviving The My Lai Massacre
One of the worse US military atrocities took place during the Vietnam war.
The Moscow Show Trials
An eyewitness account of Stalin's purge of top Soviet leaders during the Great Terror.
Changing the Alphabet in Azerbaijan
After independence Azerbaijan changed from Russian Cyrillic script to Latin letters.
Marie Stopes: Birth Control Pioneer
The first birth control clinic in Britain was opened in London in 1921 by Dr Marie Stopes
The Life and Thought of Hannah Arendt
The life and thought of the leading 20th-century political thinker, Hannah Arendt
Deaf Rights Protest
Students at the world's first deaf-only University demand a deaf college President.
Wonder Woman
The first major female superhero was created by psychologist William Marston in 1941
World War One: Russia at War
How Russia's disastrous war on the Eastern Front became a catalyst for revolution
