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Witness History Episodes

  1. US Drone Operator

    Brandon Bryant speaks to Witness about working on the controversial US drone programme.

  2. The rise of England's football hooligans

    The rise of violence between English football fans in the 1970s

  3. Zeppelins Attack England

    In January 1915 huge German Zeppelin airships began the first bombing raids on England

  4. The mystery of Raoul Wallenberg

    The Swedish diplomat saved thousands of Hungarian Jews during World War Two

  5. The Life and Death of Agatha Christie

    The best-selling novelist in history, crime-writer Agatha Christie, died in January 1976

  6. India's First Call Centre

    In 1997 an Indian businessman saw a great opportunity to start a whole new industry

  7. India Bans Widow Burning

    In I988 India passed a law that made it a criminal offence to help anyone commit Sati

  8. Somalia's Rural Literacy Campaign

    The hugely ambitious campaign to teach rural people to read and write in 1970s Somalia

  9. The Opening of Guantanamo

    The first prisoners arrived at the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay in January 2002

  10. South Asia's top Hindi music show

    In 1952 India launched a music programme, Geetmala, which would broadcast for 42 years

  11. The Impeachment of Bill Clinton

    The Senate chamber was turned into a court to put the president on trial, 7 January 1999

  12. Evidence of the Big Bang

    The unexpected discovery which became the first proof of the Big Bang Theory

  13. The Prague Spring

    In January 1968 the reformist Alexander Dubcek became leader of the Czech Communist party

  14. WW1 Survivors Drowned on Way Home

    In 1919, more than 200 sailors died metres from home, off a Scottish island

  15. First Episode of Mr Bean

    How did an almost completely silent comic character become such a hit?

  16. The Biggest Rock Concert Ever

    Rod Stewart played to an audience of 4 million on Copacabana beach on New Year's Eve 1994

  17. The Hong Kong Riots of 1967

    Striking workers and students filled the streets calling for an end to British rule.

  18. The Beginning of Reality TV

    A young Dutch man won the first ever Big Brother reality TV show in December 1999

  19. The Casa Pia Scandal in Portugal

    How allegations of sexual abuse at a well-known children's home shocked Portugal

  20. The Battle of the Bulge

    The last major German attack on the Western Allies in World War II, Winter 1944

  21. Radio Caroline

    In 1964 a 'pirate' radio station began broadcasting from a ship off the coast of England

  22. The Christmas Truce

    On Christmas Eve 1914, British and German soldiers exchanged gifts and sang carols

  23. The Making of Kind of Blue

    Drummer Jimmy Cobb recalls playing with Miles Davis on the album that changed jazz forever

  24. Two Years Living up a Tree

    Julia Butterfly Hill lived in an ancient redwood tree for 738 days to protect it

  25. Nepal Peace Deal

    In 2006 the Nepalese government and Maoists signed a peace accord ending 10 years of war

  26. The Disappearance of Glenn Miller

    American bandleader Glenn Miller went missing over the English Channel in December, 1944

  27. The US Breaks Ties with Cuba

    President Eisenhower broke relations with Cuba and closed the American Embassy in 1961

  28. Goan Independence

    In December 1961, Goa became the last part of India to break free of colonial rule

  29. The Timisoara Uprising

    Protests which led to the collapse of communism in Romania began on 16 December 1989

  30. Gone With The Wind

    The premiere of one of the most successful films ever made on 15 December 1939

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