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Witness History Episodes

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    HIV history

    On World Aids Day we remember the early 1980s and the first signs of a new disease.

  2. Auschwitz Story

    The remarkable story of the man who smuggled himself in to Auschwitz.

  3. The Hajj

    We take you to Mecca and an eyewitness to the Hajj of the 1930s.

  4. Harvey Milk

    One of Harvey Milk's colleagues remembers the day he died.

  5. Paris Riots

    Four years ago the suburbs of Paris were torn apart by riots.

  6. Death of Franco

    It's the winter of 1975 and in Spain a dictator is dying.

  7. Thatcher Resigns

    Witness takes you back to the last days of a remarkable political career.

  8. A holocaust survivor meets Hermann Goering at the Nuremberg trials

    A holocaust survivor comes face to face with Hermann Goering at the Nuremberg trials.

  9. Computer Virus

    It's the early 1980s and a new kind of virus is released into the world.

  10. Jonestown

    Witness - how one man led more than 900 people to their deaths.

  11. The birth of Britain’s National Health Service - the NHS

    What happened at the beginning of Britain’s National Health Service?

  12. President Richard Nixon goes to China and meets Chairman Mao

    US President Richard Nixon meets the leader of communist china Chairman Mao in Beijing.

  13. Yasser Arafat's speech at the United Nations

    Yasser Arafat’s speech to the United Nations was a landmark for Palestinians.

  14. 1970 Cyclone

    In November 1970 Bangladesh was hit by one of the worst natural disasters of modern times.

  15. Remembrance Day

    Our history programme Witness remembers the end of the First World War - Armistice Day.

  16. Stasi Jail

    In today's Witness we hear from a former East German dissident about life under communism.

  17. The Building of the Berlin Wall

    When the Berlin Wall was built by East Germany, August 1961.

  18. Miss World competition leads to deadly riots in Nigeria

    How the Miss World competition led to deadly riots in Nigeria.

  19. Florence Floods

    How a flood in Florence in 1966 put many of Europe's most precious artworks at risk.

  20. American citizens taken hostage at the US embassy in Tehran

    US citizen Barry Rosen was held hostage for 444 days at the US Embassy in Tehran.

  21. The Russian Revolution: Violence in Moscow

    In 1917, a young girl watches the Russian Revolution unfold outside her window.

  22. 02/11/2009 GMT

    Witness is our new history programme. Today, how pop shook the British establishment.

  23. Solar Powered Cars

    Witness is our new history programme. Today, a race with a difference across the Outback.

  24. The Bombing of the Grand Hotel, Brighton

    The night that Irish bombers tried to blow up the British Government in 1984.

  25. 28/10/2009 GMT

    It is December 2001 and time to form a new government for Afghanistan post 9-11.

  26. 27/10/2009 GMT

    It is 1967 and the Shah of Iran is finally getting crowned.

  27. Vietnam War

    Why Britain resisted America's invitations to join the Vietnam War.

  28. Spartak Moscow Football Disaster

    A crush at a football stadium is covered up by the Soviet state.

  29. Witness History

    The story of our times told by the people who were there.

  30. Witness History

    The story of our times told by the people who were there.

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