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Staging Othello in apartheid South Africa

Dame Janet Suzman recalls directing Shakespeare's classic in 1987

• 10 mins

The death of Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler's secretary recalls his last days in 1945

• 9 mins

Exercise Tiger: Disastrous D-Day rehearsal

In April 1944, a German fleet sank two allied ships. Around 749 US servicemen died.

• 10 mins

Doi Moi: Vietnam's economic miracle

Radical reforms introduced in 1986 lifted millions out of poverty

• 10 mins

Surviving the fall of Saigon in 1975

When South Vietnam fell, most people couldn’t escape

• 9 mins

The Cu Chi tunnels of the Vietnam War

The story of North Vietnam’s underground tunnel network in South Vietnam

• 9 mins

Ten countries join the EU in one night

On 1 May 2004, the European Union went through its biggest ever enlargement

• 10 mins

Snake: Popularising mobile gaming

In 1998, the Snake game made its debut on mobile phones.

• 10 mins

Conclave: How a new pope is chosen

In 2005, Pope Benedict XVI was elected to be the next head of the Catholic Church

• 10 mins

The invention of the automatic electric rice cooker

In 1955, entrepreneur and engineer Yoshitada Minami, revolutionised rice cooking.

• 9 mins

Sinking of the Lusitania

During World War One, the British ocean liner was sunk by a German submarine

• 9 mins

VE Day celebrations

The scenes of celebration in London on VE Day 1945

• 9 mins

Rescuing Palmyra’s treasures from the Islamic State group

In 2015 Khalil Hariri risked his life to save centuries-old archaeology in Syria

• 10 mins