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Witness History Episodes

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    When homosexuality was a crime

    Hear one man's story of living in fear before 1967 when Britain legalised homosexuality

  2. Khrushchev's Soviet Housing Programme

    In the 1960s, many Soviet families moved to a flat of their own for the first time.

  3. The Welsh Language Act

    In July 1967 there was a breakthrough for the Welsh language.

  4. US Psychological Warfare in Vietnam

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

  5. The Bonus Army

    In summer 1932, thousands of American First World War veterans marched on Washington

  6. The Killing of Gianni Versace

    In July 1997 the Italian fashion designer was shot on the steps of his Florida mansion.

  7. Nintendo's Family Computer

    The home gaming console was a breakthrough in the world of computer games.

  8. The Mont Blanc Tunnel

    In July 1965 an 11-km tunnel dug deep beneath the Alps was opened to traffic

  9. The Oka Crisis

    Indigenous Canadians spent the summer of 1990 in a stand off with police.

  10. Castlemorton Common: Britain's Biggest Illegal Rave

    In the summer of 1992 thousands of ravers and New Age travellers gathered for a festival.

  11. The Rudolf Nureyev Phenomenon

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

  12. The Imprisonment of Irina Ratushinskaya

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

  13. The birth of UKIP

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

  14. The First Tamil Suicide Bombing

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

  15. The Staffordshire Hoard

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

  16. No Sex in the USSR

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

  17. Around the World in a Balloon

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

  18. The Roswell Incident

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

  19. Euro Disney

    In 1992 Disney opened its first theme park in Europe.

  20. The Disputed Resort of Taba

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

  21. Lonely Planet

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

  22. The Hippie Trail

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

  23. The First Budget Flights Across the Atlantic

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

  24. Italy's Shame: The Massacre in Ethiopia

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

  25. The Killing of Vincent Chin

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

  26. Persecution of Christians In the Korean War

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

  27. Body Worlds Exhibition

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

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

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

  29. The Sinking of the Lancastria

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

  30. 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

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