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Witness History Episodes

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    Jacqueline Du Pre

    Jacqueline Du Pre makes one of the most famous classical recordings of the 20th Century.

  2. Woodstock

    The Woodstock music festival has come to symbolise much of the idealism of the 1960s.

  3. The Assassination of Ruth First

    The parcel bomb attack that killed anti-apartheid activist Ruth First in 1982.

  4. Elvis - The Comeback Special

    How a 1968 television special revived the career of the King of Rock and Roll.

  5. The Last Viceroy of India

    The daughter of the last British viceroy in India remembers the transfer of power in 1947.

  6. US Occupation of Japan

    For six years following the end of World War II, Japan was occupied by the US.

  7. The Founding of Napster

    Shawn Fanning talks about how he founded the file sharing website Napster.

  8. The Battle for Mount Longdon

    An Argentine soldier and a British soldier tell their stories of the Falklands War.

  9. The Plot To Kill Franco

    The Scottish anarchist and the plot to kill General Franco.

  10. Abebe Bikila the barefoot runner

    At the 1960 Olympics in Rome an Ethiopian athlete stunned the world.

  11. Twenty-five years of Botox

    It's quarter of a century since the world's most popular cosmetic treatment was discovered

  12. Bering Strait Swimmer

    How an American swimmer crossed the "Ice Curtain" between the USA and the Soviet Union.

  13. Omarska concentration camp

    The story of a survivor of Omarska concentration camp in Bosnia.

  14. Water polo and the 1956 Hungarian uprising

    How a water polo match came to symbolise Hungary's fight for freedom from Soviet rule.

  15. The Death of Marilyn Monroe

    It's 50 years since the death of Marilyn Monroe, Hollywood's ultimate sex symbol.

  16. The Kon-Tiki adventure

    The story of Thor Heyerdahl's crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki.

  17. USS Nautilus: Under the North Pole

    The first voyage to the North Pole under the icecap. Ken Carr remembers Nautilus's mission

  18. The Battle of Passchendaele

    It was one of the defining battles of the First World War

  19. Megan's law

    Eighteen years ago a little girl was raped and murdered - her killing changed US law.

  20. The GI who chose China

    At the end of the Korean War, 21 American prisoners chose not to go home to the USA.

  21. Womad

    It is 30 years since the first Womad - world music festival- in England.

  22. The Farewell dossier

    How a mole in the KGB sent secrets to France and the USA in 1981.

  23. The Death of Evita Peron

    It is 60 years since the Argentine first lady died.

  24. The first IVF baby

    In July 1978 the first baby to be conceived in a laboratory was born in England.

  25. Roosevelt in the Amazon

    How the American president Theodore Roosevelt nearly died in the Amazon in 1914.

  26. Life in the Warsaw Ghetto

    Janina Dawidowicz survived the Warsaw Ghetto as a child during World War Two.

  27. The arrest of Jack Mapanje

    It is 25 years since the poet was imprisoned without trial in Malawi.

  28. CIA mind control experiments

    Beginning in the 1950s the CIA made attempts to brainwash psychiatric patients.

  29. Miguel Angel Blanco

    How the killing of a young Basque councillor sparked huge anti-ETA protests in Spain.

  30. The Murder of Versace

    In July 1997 the Italian fashion designer, Gianni Versace, was shot dead.

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