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Witness History Episodes

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    The death of David Kelly

    The weapons inspector's death deepened the row over the UK's part in the invasion of Iraq

  2. Humanity's earliest ancestor

    A fossilised skull found in Chad is thought to be the earliest-known ancestor of humans

  3. When Tunisia led on women's rights

    When Tunisia introduced divorce, abortion and votes for women ahead of much of the world.

  4. The Chappaquiddick Incident

    The car accident involving US Senator Edward Kennedy which left a young woman dead

  5. LGBT 'cooperative' marriages in China

    How LGBT people in China started arranging fake marriages to hide their sexuality

  6. Mamma Mia!

    The story of the hit musical Mamma Mia! from the woman who created it

  7. The Beagle 2 mission to Mars

    A failed attempt to search for signs of life on Mars

  8. Apollo 13

    The Moon mission that almost ended in tragedy after an explosion on board the spaceship.

  9. The Moon Landing

    In July 1969, Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong took the first steps on the Moon.

  10. Valentina Tereshkova, cosmonaut

    The Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to be sent into space

  11. Laika, the first dog in space

    The Russian stray was the first dog to be sent into orbit around the earth

  12. Kenya's ivory inferno

    How a dramatic bonfire in Nairobi National Park highlighted the threat from poaching

  13. Cuba executes top military officers

    Four army officers were sentenced to death for drug trafficking by the Castro government

  14. The Common Cold Unit

    The remarkable UK research centre where thousands went on holiday to catch a cold

  15. China puts tampons on sale

    Women in China got access to tampons for the first time in 1985

  16. The secret diaries of 'Gentleman Jack'

    The secret diaries of 19th-century Englishwoman Anne Lister, the 'first modern lesbian'

  17. The indigenous fight to stop nuclear waste disposal

    How a group of senior, indigenous Australian women fought to save their land.

  18. The launch of the Walkman

    The advent of music on the move in July 1979

  19. Surviving Cambodia's 'Killing Fields'

    The Khmer Rouge took power in 1975, starting their four year genocidal rule.

  20. Germans kidnapped by Nicaragua's rebels

    Two German left-wing activists recall their ordeal as hostages of Nicaragua's Contras

  21. The US judge accused of sexual harassment

    How Supreme Court nominee Judge Clarence Thomas was publicly accused of sexual misconduct

  22. Defending a British serial murderer

    The lawyer of serial killer Rosemary West recalls the gruesome details of the case

  23. The Anfal genocide

    Saddam Hussein's war on the Kurds in the 1980s

  24. The Stonewall Riot

    How a protest outside New York's Stonewall Inn inspired the modern gay rights movement.

  25. Catch-22

    The story behind Joseph Heller's acclaimed, satirical anti-war novel which sold millions

  26. The fat acceptance movement

    The National Association to Aid Fat Americans, NAAFA, held its first meeting in June 1969

  27. The yoga teacher and the violinist

    How violinist Yehudi Menuhin and yoga teacher BKS Iyengar helped bring yoga to the West

  28. Sister Lotus - early Chinese online star

    Sister Lotus was an unlikely online celebrity because she was famous for being ordinary.

  29. The assassinaton of Medgar Evers

    The American civil rights activist and war hero who was murdered in 1963 in Mississippi.

  30. Carl Gustav Jung

    One of the most influential figures in psychoanalysis died in June 1961

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