Â鶹Éç

London's first black policeman

In 1967 Norwell Roberts became the first Black officer in the Metropolitan police

• 9 mins

Britain's World War Two 'Brown Babies'

The stigma of growing up as a mixed race child in post-war Britain.

• 9 mins

A Somali sailor in 1920s Britain

How Ibrahim Ismaa'il escaped poverty in Somalia to live in the British countryside.

• 9 mins

The unlawful death of Christopher Alder

The black former soldier choked to death on the floor of a British police station in 1998

• 9 mins

Clyde Best - A black footballing pioneer

The Bermuda-born West Ham striker recalls the rampant racism in 1970s English football

• 9 mins

Winning the Arabic Booker prize

Saudi author Raja Alem was the first woman to win the prestigious international award

• 9 mins

Colin Jordan and the British Nazi rally

The teacher who formed Britain's Nazi party and the antifascists who fought against them.

• 9 mins

The story of 'Baby Jessica'

When a toddler fell down a well in Texas she became the centre of a media storm

• 9 mins

The Pakistani law that jailed rape survivors

In the 1980s, a horrific rape case galvanised the women's rights movement in Pakistan.

• 9 mins

The doctor killed by an anti-abortion extremist

American anti-abortion extremists began killing doctors in the 1990s.

• 9 mins

The first transgender minister in the Church of England

Sarah Jones is the first person who had made a gender change to be ordained by the C of E

• 9 mins

The mysterious death of Samora Machel

Many suspected foul play when Mozambique's socialist leader was killed in a plane crash

• 9 mins

Polish refugees in Africa

How Polish women and children found refuge in African countries during WW2

• 9 mins

The Greenham Common women's peace camp

Throughout the 80s women protested against nuclear weapons which were held at the UK base

• 9 mins

Britain’s lesbian families ‘scandal’

A media storm about lesbian mothers caused a heated national debate in 1970s Britain.

• 9 mins

Proving climate change: the 'Keeling Curve'

The US scientist who began recording carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere in 1958

• 9 mins

The world's first environment conference

Countries first tried to tackle the damage humans are doing to the planet in 1972

• 9 mins

How the world woke up to climate change

A scientist delivered a direct message to US politicians about climate change in 1988

• 9 mins

The child climate activist of the 1990s

Severn Cullis-Suzuki was 12 when she spoke to world leaders at the UN Earth Summit in Rio

• 9 mins

Kilimanjaro: Africa’s disappearing glaciers

In the past 100 years, 90% of the glacial ice at the top of Kilimanjaro has disappeared

• 9 mins

The miracle of walking

The doctor who revolutionised the treatment of 'club foot' - rejecting invasive surgery

• 9 mins

Judgement at Nuremberg

It is 75 years since verdicts were delivered on leading German Nazis at Nuremberg

• 9 mins

The enduring legend of Fu Manchu

The evil criminal mastermind Fu Manchu was a recurring film character for decades

• 9 mins

The end of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising

On November 4th 1956 Soviet tanks rolled into Budapest crushing the anti-Soviet uprising

• 9 mins

When Eritrea silenced its critics

How a journalist tried to escape Eritrea's historic crackdown on critics and the press

• 9 mins

Britain's Black Schools

The alternative schools for black British children set up to counter racist attitudes.

• 9 mins

Chanel No. 5

One of the world's most famous perfumes was launched in 1921

• 9 mins

Spying in Berlin

At the height of the Cold War Berlin was known as the spy capital of the world.

• 9 mins

The South African football star murdered for being a lesbian

How the killing of a female footballer got South Africa talking about ‘corrective rape’.

• 9 mins

Kuwaiti oil fires of 1991

As the first Gulf War ended, retreating Iraqi forces set light to oil wells in the desert

• 9 mins