Witness History Episodes Episode guide
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The Destruction of the Mosque at Ayodhya
In December 1993, Hindu activists demolished a Muslim holy site.
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Obama in Indonesia
Obama's childhood years in Indonesia
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Nasa's pioneering black women
The mathematicians who worked behind the scenes on the American space programme
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James Salter, Writer and Pilot
The acclaimed American writer died in June 2015, aged 90.
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Introducing The Bomb: Kennedy and Khrushchev
Nuclear war is terrifyingly close. Can the superpowers stop a global catastrophe?
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Introducing The Bomb
Emily’s grandad worked on the bomb that fell on Hiroshima. Could it have been stopped?
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How Liberia wrote off its debts
Hoe Liberia negotiated to write off billions of dollars of debt.
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Eng26 Witness History (Wednesday 2
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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Eng26 Witness History (Wednesday 1
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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Eng26 Witness History (Tuesday) 3
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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Eng26 Witness History (Tuesday) 2
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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Eng26 Witness History (Thursday) 2
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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Eng26 Witness History (Thursday) 1
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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Eng26 Witness History (Friday) 2
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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Chief Albert Luthuli
The ANC leader was the first black African to win the Nobel Peace Prize - awarded in 1961
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Bonus: The Black 14
The lives of 14 black American footballers are changed forever in a fight against racism
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Bonus Podcast: Death in Ice Valley
A special preview of the brand new podcast Death in Ice Valley
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Black September
In 1970 the Jordanian military fought against the Palestinian Liberation Organisation.
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31/01/2011 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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30/11/2010
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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30/11/2010
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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30/11/2010
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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29/11/2010 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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29/11/2010
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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29/11/2010
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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29/11/2010
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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29/11/2010
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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29/04/2011
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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28/02/2011 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
