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Witness History Episodes

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    The Rudolf Nureyev Phenomenon

    In 1961, one of the world's best ballet dancers, Rudolf Nureyev, defected from the USSR.

  2. The Imprisonment of Irina Ratushinskaya

    The dissident poet was sentenced to 7 years in a Soviet labour camp.

  3. The birth of UKIP

    In 1993, academic Dr Alan Sked started an anti-EU political party

  4. The First Tamil Suicide Bombing

    In July 1987 Tamil separatist rebels attacked a Sri Lankan army camp.

  5. The Staffordshire Hoard

    In 2009, a metal detectorist found the largest ever hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver

  6. No Sex in the USSR

    Why a Russian woman blurted out "We have no sex in the USSR" on international TV.

  7. Around the World in a Balloon

    In 2002 Steve Fossett succeeded in flying solo around the world in a hot air balloon.

  8. The Roswell Incident

    It was probably the most famous ever story of an alien spacecraft - on earth

  9. Euro Disney

    In 1992 Disney opened its first theme park in Europe.

  10. The Disputed Resort of Taba

    Israel and Egypt both laid claim for years to the Red Sea resort of Taba

  11. Lonely Planet

    The travel guide that helped tourists make their way around the world on a budget.

  12. The Hippie Trail

    In the 1960s and 70s, thousands of westerners travelled to India by overland bus.

  13. The First Budget Flights Across the Atlantic

    How a small Icelandic company broke the mould in air travel in the 1950s.

  14. Italy's Shame: The Massacre in Ethiopia

    In 1937 Italian forces occupying Addis Ababa murdered thousands of Ethiopian civilians

  15. The Killing of Vincent Chin

    The movement sparked by the brutal murder of a Chinese-American by 2 white men.

  16. Persecution of Christians In the Korean War

    In 1950, tens of thousands of Christians were persecuted during the Korean War.

  17. Body Worlds Exhibition

    In 1995 Tokyo University staged the first exhibition to feature plastinated human corpses

  18. Italy's 'State-within-a-State'

    In 1982 Italian banker Roberto Calvi was found dead in London in mysterious circumstances

  19. The Sinking of the Lancastria

    We hear from one of the last survivors of a forgotten World War Two disaster

  20. The Beatles and All You Need is Love

    How the Beatles stole the show on the world's first live TV broadcast in June 1967

  21. The Woman Who Stopped Equal Rights in America

    In June 1982 Phyllis Schlafly defeated a law to guarantee gender equality in the US.

  22. Algeria's Berbers

    In June 2001 hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated for Berber rights in Algiers.

  23. The Montserrat Volcano

    In June 1997 a devastating eruption took place on the Caribbean island of Montserrat

  24. The Six Day War: A Jordanian view

    Captain Nabih El Suhaimat fought to defend East Jerusalem from the Israelis

  25. The Six Day War: An Israeli view

    In 1967, Israel captured the whole of Jerusalem on the third day of the Six Day War

  26. The Killing of Robert Kennedy

    The Democrat Senator and Presidential hopeful died on June 6th 1968 after being shot.

  27. Escape From Slavery

    The story of the Pakistani boy forced into bonded labour at the age of four.

  28. America's First Female Rabbi

    In June 1972 Sally Priesand became the first woman to be ordained as a rabbi in the USA.

  29. Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy

    Actor Barbara Leigh-Hunt on her role in one of the most controversial Hitchcock movies

  30. Rock Concert for Chernobyl

    In May 1986, a small group of musicians staged the first charity rock concert in the USSR

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