Czechoslovakia's first non-communist majority government in 41 years is sworn in.
Mikhail Gorbachev warns that the Communist Party faces the threat of extinction.
East Germany elects a new leader amid fears the country is sliding into lawlessness...
The Czech prime minister Ladislav Adamec resigns.
East Germany's leader Egon Krenz resigns.
Mrs Thatcher faces her first leadership challenge.
The Soviet government joins in condemnation of its own invasion of Czechoslovakia i...
Mikhail Gorbachev and George Bush meet in Malta and declare the Cold War over.
Writer and poet Ruth Padel on how Darwin developed his sense of wonder and curiosit...
The myth and reality of Joan of Arc, and the other Frenchwoman who did more to save...
We take you back over 40 years to a football World Cup and an iconic team.
Events 100 years ago in the Highlands.
Events 100 years ago in the Highlands.
Katie Hickman reveals how being on show wasn't all fun for diplomatic women.
Is the Dorset stone industry's future underground? Julian Richards investigates.
Donald Macleod explores Opera-Comique on the cusp of the 20th century.
Robert Hollingworth explores the life and work of Venetian composer Giovanni Croce.
Catherine Bott chairs a talk about the past, present and future of period performan...
Huw Williams walks along a disused railway line, collecting people's stories along...
One man's part in the discovery of the impact of CFCs on the ozone layer.
Simon Blackburn assesses David Hume's revolutionary Dialogues Concerning Natural Re...
The final walk visits Blackness Industrial Estate in Dundee.
Julian May investigates the changing relationship between poetry and its audience.
Looking at how the women would meet the needs of their partner and the Foreign Offi...