Witness History Episodes Available now
The reunification of Germany
The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 paved the way for East and West Germany to reunite
Women's rights in independent Tunisia
In 1956, Tunisia gained independence and soon gave new rights to women
The 'Cyprus Emergency'
In 1955, a paramilitary group called EOKA rebelled against British colonial rule
Oslo's anti-racism demonstration
In 2001, an anti-racism rally was held in Oslo after a teenager was murdered by neo-Nazis
The L'Amicale Four
A Mauritian man jailed for two decades shares his story of what happened in Port Louis
The nuclear mango deal
On 2 March 2006, India and the United States finalised a controversial nuclear deal
Casablanca: Making one of Hollywood’s greatest movies
In 1942, one of the most famous movies of all time, Casablanca, was released
How Rang De Basanti inspired a generation
Rang De Basanti was released in 2006 exploding onto the cultural landscape
I starred in Pan’s Labyrinth
In 2006, a Spanish-language film became a cult classic and took the world by storm
My father directed Seven Samurai
In 1954, the Japanese movie Seven Samurai was released, directed by Akira Kurosawa