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Witness History Episodes

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    WW1: The Two Women of Pervyse

    The story of two British nurses who set up a first aid station on the Western Front

  2. India's Disability Law

    It wasn't until 1995 that disabled people in India were guaranteed rights.

  3. Eleanor Roosevelt

    America's longest-serving First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt

  4. Albania's Economic Chaos

    There was rioting across Albania after pyramid investment schemes collapsed.

  5. The Immortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks

    Cells taken from an African American woman in 1951 revolutionised medical science

  6. Bob Marley Survives Assassination Attempt

    An eye-witness remembers the night gunmen tried to kill the global reggae star.

  7. Mother Teresa - The Nun Who Became A Saint

    In March 1997 Mother Teresa retired from her charity work in India.

  8. Sara Ginaite, Lithuanian Jewish Partisan

    Sara Ginaite escaped from a Jewish ghetto to join communist partisans fighting the Nazis.

  9. Obesity

    In 1997 obesity was first recognised as a global problem by the World Health Organisation

  10. Sanctuary Cities

    How San Francisco became one of the first 'sanctuary cities' in the USA.

  11. The Origin of Nollywood

    The story of the 1992 film which launched Nigeria's hugely successful movie industry

  12. Chairman Mao's Red Guard

    One boy's story of communist fervour in 1960s China.

  13. The Decapitation of the Little Mermaid

    In 1998 someone vandalised the most famous statue in Denmark.

  14. Death in the Amazon

    In January 1956, members of an Amazonian tribe murdered five American missionaries.

  15. Bulgarian Nurses on Trial in Libya

    Valya Chervenyashka was accused of mass murder and tortured in a Libyan jail.

  16. The End of Apartheid

    Adriaan Vlok was in charge of the police in apartheid-era South Africa.

  17. The German American Bund

    In the 1930s, American Nazi sympathisers held rallies and summer camps across the US.

  18. Sexual Harassment in India

    Witness hears from the first woman to bring a case of sexual harassment to trial in India.

  19. The Lost Manuscript of Huckleberry Finn

    In 1990, the manuscript of Mark Twain's classic novel was found in an attic in Hollywood.

  20. Tilikum the Orca

    On this day in 1991 a killer whale called Tilikum drowned one of its trainers.

  21. The Trial of Slobodan Milosevic

    The former Serbian President went on trial for war crimes in 2002. Hear from his lawyers.

  22. The Silver Ring Thing

    In 1995 a US campaign started encouraging teenagers not to have sex before marriage

  23. Uganda's war on homosexuality

    In 2006, a Ugandan newspaper began printing the names of professionals believed to be gay

  24. Italy votes for divorce

    In May 1974, Italians defied the Catholic Church and voted overwhelmingly for divorce.

  25. The Birth of Speed Dating

    In 1998, a Los Angeles rabbi came up with a new way for single people to meet each other.

  26. The conman who married his victims

    When Giovanni Vigliotto went on trial he said he'd married more than 100 women

  27. Sanctuary Cities in the USA

    How American cities like San Francisco became safe havens for undocumented immigrants

  28. The True Story of Whisky Galore

    How a ship laden with bottles of whisky was wrecked off the Scottish Hebrides

  29. Kenya's Hit Record: Jambo Bwana

    The story of a 1980 Kenyan pop song which became an unlikely global hit.

  30. The Killer Whale that Killed

    In February 1991, the captive orca, Tilikum, drowned his trainer, Keltie Byrne in Canada.

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