Witness History Episodes Available now
Ukraine's Revolution on Granite
In 1990, a hunger strike led by Ukrainian students brought down the Soviet regime in Kyiv
Nigerian sitcom Papa Ajasco
In 1996, Wale Adenuga鈥檚 sitcom Papa Ajasco first hit Nigerian TV screens.
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鈥檚 鈥業ndian Cookery鈥�
A ground breaking Indian cookery programme broadcast on the 蜜芽传媒 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
