Witness History Episodes Available now
Selling Van Gogh's Sunflowers
How one of the Dutch artist's masterpieces was auctioned for a world record in 1987.
Afghanistan's women's newspaper
Aina-E-Zan, or Women's Mirror, was launched in 2002 at a time of hope for Afghan women.
The black stunt performers who took on Hollywood
The battle to fight prejudice behind-the-scenes in the American film industry.
The 'Snow Revolution' against Vladimir Putin
A decade ago protestors tried to stop the Russian leader tightening his grip on power
Soviet holidays in Crimea
Artek, on the Black Sea coast, was the Soviet Union's most popular children's camp.
Ukraine's Babi Yar massacre
The mass killing of Ukrainian Jews by Nazi Germany during World War Two.
The Holodomor: Ukraine's great famine
Several million people died in the 1930s in what became known as The Holodomor
The Budapest Memorandum
The security "assurances" offered to Ukraine after it gave up its nuclear weapons in 1994
The Chernobyl nuclear disaster
In 1986, a reactor exploded in Soviet Ukraine causing the worst nuclear accident ever.
The Shard
The building of the controversial London skyscraper, designed by Italian Renzo Piano.
