Witness History Episodes Available now

Formation of the United Arab Emirates
A new country, the United Arab Emirates, was formed in 1971.

The child evacuees of World War Two
The thousands of children moved out of UK cities away from the risk of German bombs

Māori protests stops South African rugby tour
Māori anti-racism activists disrupt the South African rugby tour of New Zealand in 1981

The assassination of Pim Fortuyn
It has been 20 years since the controversial Dutch politician was murdered

First rape crisis centres in the US
Activist Sue Lenaerts helped start up one of the first rape crisis centres in the US

Polynesian Panthers
Polynesians in 1970s New Zealand fight back against dawn raids by the police

Umuganda: Rwanda's community work scheme
In 1975, President Habyarimana introduced Umuganda, compulsory, weekly community work

Dame Carmen Callil: Feminist publisher
Dame Carmen Callil, who died in October this year, founded a feminist publisher in 1972

Campaigning against sex-selection in India
A first-hand account of the 1980s campaign against the sex-selective abortion of girls

Albania’s Stalinist purges
In the 1970s, Albania’s Stalinist leader, Enver Hoxha, launched a series of purges