Witness History Episodes Available now
How South Africa banned skin-lightening creams
In 1990, South Africa banned skin-lightening creams containing hydroquinone
The lost Nazi-era art trove
How a secret collection of art missing since Nazi rule was found in Germany in 2012
Quarantined in a TB sanatorium
The life of a nine-year-old girl quarantined in a TB sanatorium for 4 years in the 1950s
The Rolling Stones drugs trial
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards went on trial for drugs offences in June 1967
Jana Andolan – Nepal’s people power movement
A people’s movement brought an end to Nepal’s absolute monarchy in 1990.
Russia’s bitter taste of capitalism
Chaos and hardship hit Russia with the sudden market reforms of early 1992.
The Chilean economy and its 'Chicago Boys'
Thinkers trained in free-market economics in Chicago shaped Chile after its military coup
Tanzania's socialist experiment
In the 1960s Tanzania tried out a new form of socialism called Ujamaa
South Korea's economic miracle
How a poor, war-ravaged nation became a global economic powerhouse
The New Deal
How the USA used public spending projects to battle through the Great Depression
