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Witness History Episodes

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    Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy

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

  2. Rock Concert for Chernobyl

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

  3. India's "Mr Sanitation"

    In 1968 Dr Bindeshwar Pathak began his mission to improve toilet facilities for the poor.

  4. Operation Lifeline: Canada's Refugee Revolution

    In 1979 Canadians began a revolutionary scheme to aid thousands of Indochinese refugees

  5. Pakistan's First Nuclear Test

    In May 1998 Pakistan responded to an Indian nuclear test with an explosion of its own

  6. The Killing of Poet Roque Dalton

    In May 1975 one of Latin America's leading young poets was shot dead in El Salvador.

  7. When Irish Pubs Saved the Economy

    When Ireland's banks went on strike in 1970, people cashed their cheques in pubs.

  8. Teresa Teng

    The Taiwanese pop singer who became a superstar in communist China

  9. The Death of Neda Agha Soltan

    The young woman, killed at a protest in 2009, who became a symbol for opposition in Iran

  10. Alexander Hamilton

    A Broadway musical has made an 18th century American politician famous once more.

  11. Brown vs The Board of Education

    In 1954 the US Supreme Court ruled that segregated public schools were unconstitutional.

  12. Weight Watchers

    How a New York housewife started a worldwide weight loss business in May 1963.

  13. The George Wallace Assassination Attempt

    How one of America's most controversial politicians was shot while running for president.

  14. The Trial of Maurice Papon

    French minister Maurice Papon went on trial for helping the Nazis to deport French Jews

  15. Wine Shock: 'The Judgement of Paris'

    In 1976, unknown Californian wines beat top French wines in a blind wine tasting in Paris

  16. Americans told 'Eat Less' to Live Longer

    In 1977 a US government body first warned Americans that their diet was killing them.

  17. The Soviet James Bond

    In 1973, the most successful TV spy series ever to be broadcast in the USSR, went on air.

  18. Shenzhen - Special Economic Zone

    In May 1980 Communist China allowed capitalist activity for the first time.

  19. The French Army Mutiny of 1917

    After enduring years of slaughter during WW1, French army units finally mutinied

  20. Civil War in Tajikistan

    In 1992, shortly after the collapse of the USSR, a civil war erupted in Tajikistan.

  21. Magnum Photos

    The legendary photographic cooperative, Magnum, was founded 70 years ago

  22. The Invention of Liposuction

    It was a father and son team of Italian cosmetic surgeons who created liposuction.

  23. Ulrike Meinhof

    In May 1976 the German left-wing extremist Ulrike Meinhof killed herself in prison.

  24. Searching For Argentina's Disappeared

    How the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo challenged Argentina's military rulers.

  25. Bosnia: Rape as a Weapon of War

    During the Bosnian war of the early 1990's, thousands of women were raped.

  26. When the Syrian Army Withdrew from Lebanon

    On April 26th 2005, Syrian forces finally pulled out of Lebanon after almost 30 years.

  27. Revolutionary Psychiatrist RD Laing

    The man who changed the way people thought about mental illness.

  28. Bulgaria's "Revival Process"

    Bulgaria's brutal policy of forced assimilation against its Turkish minority in the 1980s

  29. The Suzuki Violin Method

    In post-WW2 Japan, Shinichi Suzuki developed a new method of teaching the violin.

  30. The Hubble Space Telescope

    When it began sending images back to Nasa they were out of focus - Mike Weiss fixed it

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