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Witness History Episodes

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    The Wind of Change

    It's 50 years since Harold Macmillan spoke of a wind of change blowing through Africa.

  2. Rationing in Britain

    In the early 1950s Britain was still so badly-off that food and fuel had to be rationed.

  3. Palestine Post

    In the months before the creation of Israel -Jerusalem was a dangerous place to be.

  4. Gandhi

    The assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948

  5. Meeting Osama

    What is Osama bin Laden really like? Witness talks to someone who knows.

  6. Hitler's Book

    The story of a young American soldier and the book he found in Hitler's house.

  7. Somalia 1991

    What was it like living in Mogadishu at the height of Somalia's civil war?

  8. Idi Amin

    Ugandan dictator Idi Amin took power in 1971, but it ended in disarray in 1979

  9. Witness

    Queen Victoria died exactly 109 years ago today - we hear from her shocked subjects.

  10. Haiti Duvaliers

    How the father and son regime of the Duvaliers affected the already poor country of Haiti.

  11. History of TV

    How John Logie Baird tried to convince people that TV could work.

  12. Soviet Veterans

    Over twenty years ago Soviet troops were fighting in Afghanistan - we hear from veterans.

  13. Shah into Exile

    Two women tell their stories of exile because of the revolution in Iran over 30 years ago.

  14. Biafra

    It's exactly 40 years since the Biafran war of independence from Nigeria ended in failure.

  15. Armenian killings

    Remembering the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Armenians over 90 years ago.

  16. Yemen

    Yemen is the news because of al-Qaeda, but in the 90s, its civil war made the headlines.

  17. Revolution at the LSE

    How students in the sixties brought the London School of Economics to a halt.

  18. The Battle of Algiers

    One man's experience of the Algerian war of Independence.

  19. Irish War of Independence

    Memories of the Irish war of independence which began over 90 years ago this month.

  20. Korean War

    It's sixty years since the beginning of the Korean War - one man remembers that time.

  21. Kidnap in Ethiopia

    How a young journalist ended up spending rather more time in Ethiopia than he'd planned.

  22. Ethiopian Jews

    How one Ethiopian jew made the trip to Israel and the culture shock that awaited him.

  23. Airlift to America

    In the late 1950s a plan to educate young Africans leaders is born.

  24. Ghana coup

    How a New Year's coup in Ghana led to changes for the country's journalists.

  25. The Millenium Bug

    Ten years ago on New Year's Eve computer experts were preparing themselves for disaster.

  26. Saddam Execution

    What was it like growing up in the shadow of Saddam Hussein?

  27. Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: Part Two

    It's exactly thirty years since Soviet soldiers invaded Afghanistan - part two.

  28. Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: Part One

    It's exactly thirty years since Soviet forces overthrew the Afghan government.

  29. Filming Titanic

    The making of an epic film - Titanic.

  30. Must-have toys

    We look at the history of Christmas gifts and 'must-have' toys.

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