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Witness History Episodes

  1. Black Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm

    The first major-party black candidate to make a bid for the US Presidency in 1972

  2. Greenland nuclear bomber crash

    In 1968 a US B52 plane with nuclear bombs on board crashed at Thule, Greenland.

  3. Auschwitz Train Escape

    How a handful of Belgian Jews escaped from a train heading to Auschwitz

  4. Fleeing the Spanish Civil War

    In January 1939 tens of thousands of people fled the advancing forces of General Franco

  5. Patrice Lumumba

    The African nationalist and Congo's first prime minister who was murdered in January 1961

  6. The Death of Al Capone

    Al Capone's grand niece talks about her memories of the famous Chicago mobster

  7. US Drone Operator

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

  8. The rise of England's football hooligans

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

  9. Zeppelins Attack England

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

  10. The mystery of Raoul Wallenberg

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

  11. The Life and Death of Agatha Christie

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

  12. India's First Call Centre

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

  13. India Bans Widow Burning

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

  14. Somalia's Rural Literacy Campaign

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

  15. The Opening of Guantanamo

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

  16. South Asia's top Hindi music show

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

  17. The Impeachment of Bill Clinton

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

  18. Evidence of the Big Bang

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

  19. The Prague Spring

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

  20. WW1 Survivors Drowned on Way Home

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

  21. First Episode of Mr Bean

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

  22. The Biggest Rock Concert Ever

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

  23. The Hong Kong Riots of 1967

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

  24. The Beginning of Reality TV

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

  25. The Casa Pia Scandal in Portugal

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

  26. The Battle of the Bulge

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

  27. Radio Caroline

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

  28. The Christmas Truce

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

  29. The Making of Kind of Blue

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

  30. Two Years Living up a Tree

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

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