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Witness History Episodes

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    Lahore Cricket Attack

    Islamist militants attacked a convoy of international cricketers in Pakistan in 2009.

  2. The Roots of the Rohingya Crisis

    The complex history behind the world's fastest growing refugee crisis.

  3. Hungary's Jewish Underground

    During WW2 thousands of fake documents helped save Jews from the Nazis in Hungary.

  4. Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive

    How a surprise attack became a turning point in the Vietnam war

  5. No Sex in the USSR

    How a satellite TV link-up between American and Soviet women led to misunderstanding.

  6. The Bloody Sunday Shootings

    Tony Doherty recalls the murder of his father by British troops in Northern Ireland

  7. US Psychological Warfare in Vietnam

    How American military PSYOP teams waged war in Vietnam in the 1960s.

  8. The "Godfather of Gospel Music"

    Thomas A Dorsey is credited with developing Gospel music into a global phenomenon.

  9. The Invention of the Lego Brick

    How one of the world's most popular toys was invented in a small Danish town in 1958

  10. The Vege-Burger

    How one of the mainstays of vegetarian cuisine was launched in 1982

  11. Salvador Dali

    The life and times of the great surrealist artist, Salvador Dali

  12. The Capture of the USS Pueblo

    A US spy ship was caught by North Korean forces in the Sea of Japan on 23 January 1968.

  13. Francis Bacon's Studio

    How an influential painter's studio was moved in its entirety from London to Ireland.

  14. My 10-Year Battle to Adopt in Guatemala

    How Guatemala's changes in law scuppered Ruth Sheehan's attempt to adopt a baby boy

  15. The Writer With Cerebral Palsy Who Made History

    Christopher Nolan became the first severely disabled person to win the Whitbread prize.

  16. Eisenhower's Farewell Address

    American president Dwight Eisenhower's great farewell address

  17. South Africa's Truth And Reconciliation Commission

    After Apartheid, South Africans tried to come to terms with their brutal past.

  18. How British Women Helped Win World War One

    For the first time women were encouraged to join the workforce to help win the war

  19. Reaching out After World War Two

    German children were invited to stay in the English town of Reading after WW2 had ended

  20. When France said 'Non' to Britain joining the EEC

    In 1963, France stopped Britain from joining the European Economic Community, now the EU

  21. The Algerian Massacres

    The story of one atrocity in Algeria's battle with radical Islamists in the 1990s

  22. The First iPhone

    The touchscreen smartphone changed mobile technology for ever.

  23. The Boy Who Stayed Awake For Eleven Days

    California high school student Randy Gardner set a world record in 1964.

  24. Iran Student Protests 1999

    A young man became an unwitting symbol of the anti-government protests

  25. I Hijacked A Plane To Save My Children

    How one woman fled Brazil's military dictatorship with her kids on a hijacked plane.

  26. The Apalachin Meeting

    A chance discovery in 1957 revealed how powerful the mafia was in America.

  27. Spelling Bee - The Children's Competition that Grips America

    The first child of South Asian background to become America's Spelling Bee champion.

  28. Boris Yeltsin's Surprise Resignation

    On New Year's Eve 1999 the Russian President went on TV and said he was leaving office.

  29. Voyager: Around The World On One Tank of Fuel

    How two pilots became the first to fly non-stop around the world without refuelling

  30. The Climbers of Leningrad

    Mountaineers risked their lives to camouflage landmarks in the Russian city during WW2.

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