Witness History Episodes Episode guide
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Mishima Suicide
Japanese writer, Yukio Mishima's dramatic decision to end his life.
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Afghan Prison Massacre
The story of the bloody suppression of an uprising by Taliban prisoners in an Afghan jail
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Dayton Peace Accords
The story of how the Bosnian war was brought to an end
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The Roswell incident
The most famous reported encounter with aliens of our time
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Princess Diana and Panorama
It is 15 years since Princess Diana spoke openly about the breakdown of her marriage
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Piracy Trial
A piracy trial makes history in 19th century America
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Greek Student Protest 1973
The story of the Greek military junta's brutal suppression of a student protest in 1973
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The Young Benazir Bhutto
Why did she follow her father into politics?
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15/11/2010
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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Coventry blitz
It is 70 years since the German bombing of Coventry destroyed much of the city.
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Coventry blitz
It is 70 years since the German bombing of Coventry destroyed much of the UK city.
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15/11/2010
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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12/11/2010
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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Desegregation of US schools - 1960
Fifty years since the first black child attended a white elementary school in Louisiana
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Desegregation of US schools - 1960
It is 50 years since the first black child attended a white elementary school in Louisiana
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World War I poetry
On 11 November, 1918 the guns of World War I fell silent
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World War I poetry
On 11 November, 1918 the guns of World War I fell silent
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World War I poetry
On 11 November, 1918 the guns of World War I fell silent
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Barack Obama's Indonesian childhood
As President Obama visits Indonesia, Witness takes you back to his childhood there
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Barack Obama's Indonesian childhood
As President Obama visits Indonesia, Witness takes you back to his childhood there
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Barack Obama's Indonesian childhood
As President Obama visits Indonesia, Witness takes you back to his childhood there
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Blasted
It is 15 years since the play Blasted first shocked theatregoers
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Suez canal invasion 1956
In November 1956 Britain and France invaded Egypt - to regain control of the Suez canal
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Suez canal invasion 1956
In November 1956 Britain and France invaded Egypt - to regain control of the Suez canal
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Burma Elections
What was it like to vote in Burma's last general election in 1990?
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Rabin Assassination
It is exactly 15 years since the Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated.
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The trial of Lady Chatterley's Lover 1960
Is it a book you would even wish your wives and servants to read?
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Election of JFK
Ted Sorensen, speechwriter to John F Kennedy, died at the weekend.
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Rhine Pollution
An industrial accident on the banks of the Rhine in 1986, turned the river red
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Rhine Pollution
An industrial accident on the banks of the Rhine in 1986, turned the river red
