Witness History Episodes Available now
The Soviet James Bond
The most successful TV spy series in the USSR went on air in 1973.
Who shot JR?
The world's reaction to leading man JR, being shot in the American TV series, Dallas.
Madhur Jaffrey’s ‘Indian Cookery’
A ground breaking Indian cookery programme broadcast on the BBC launched 40 years ago.
The school for telenovela stars
In 1987, in Mexico City, a TV station opened a school to train telenovela actors.
Fighting for the pill in Japan
The contraceptive pill was approved for use in the US in 1960, but in Japan it was 1999.
The man who invented the Pill
In 1951, Dr Carl Djerassi created the Pill's active ingredient from Mexican wild yams.
When Tunisia led on women's rights
Tunisia became the first country in the Muslim world to legalise divorce and abortion.
Poland's strict abortion law
In 1993 abortion laws were tightened up in Poland after the fall of Communism
How abortion was legalised in Great Britain
The campaign to allow abortion in Great Britain which resulted in a new law in 1967.
The US’s first gay election candidate
In 1961 the first openly gay person ran for public office in the United States.
