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Witness History Episodes

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    Alva Myrdal - the woman who made modern Sweden

    The story of Swedish social reformer, Alva Myrdal, who won the Nobel peace prize in 1982

  2. Jamaica’s ‘drug lord’

    The hunt for the Jamaican drug lord which left dozens of civilians dead

  3. Paris is Burning

    The groundbreaking film about drag queens and LGBTQ+ people in New York

  4. The first Indian to win Miss World

    Reita Faria was the first Indian to win the Miss World beauty competition in 1966

  5. The woman who asked Britain to return the Parthenon marbles

    Melina Mercouri, actress turned politician, requested the marbles be returned to Greece

  6. Jane: The underground abortion network

    How feminists ended up performing abortions for women in 1960s America

  7. Cixi: China's most powerful woman

    She was the power behind the Chinese throne for decades

  8. The women of Egypt's Arab Spring

    In 2011 women were at the forefront of protests calling for a change in power in Egypt

  9. Churchill's 'Iron Curtain' speech

    How the historic speech in March 1946 came to symbolise the beginnings of the Cold War

  10. The Sharpeville massacre

    In 1960, South African police shot dead 69 black protestors, sparking worldwide outrage

  11. When US police dropped explosives on a Philadelphia home

    How 11 people died when explosives were dropped on a house by a police helicopter

  12. Refugee Island

    How a tiny Pacific Island became a limbo for asylum seekers

  13. The world's deepest dive 11km down

    Don Walsh was the first to go to the very bottom of the deepest part of the ocean in 1960

  14. Banning landmines

    A landmark treaty banning anti-personnel landmines was agreed in 1997

  15. The WW2 airman from Sierra Leone

    Johnny Smythe was one of very few West Africans to fly with Britain's airforce during WW2

  16. The fall of Kwame Nkrumah

    How one of Africa's most famous independence leaders was overthrown in 1966

  17. Ireland's bank bailout

    In the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis Ireland had to borrow billions

  18. Acid rain

    How the world woke up to the threat from acid rain

  19. Mary Wilson

    The American singer died on 8th February 2021

  20. Free breakfasts with the Black Panthers

    How the revolutionary black rights organisation started serving breakfast to children

  21. The Immortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks

    The story of a woman who played a largely unsung role in countless medical breakthroughs

  22. Britain's forgotten slave owners: Part two

    The story of Britain's forgotten slave owners and the people they enslaved

  23. Britain's forgotten slave owners: Part one

    How researchers in London uncovered the story of Britain's forgotten slave owners

  24. How US 'smart bombs' hit an Iraqi air raid shelter in the first Gulf War

    More than 400 civilians died when US bombs hit the Amiriya air raid shelter in Baghdad

  25. A Ghanaian nurse's story

    Nurses from outside the UK form a vital part of the country's medical workforce

  26. The paper that helped the homeless

    The 'Street News' paper was sold by homeless people in New York at a profit to earn money

  27. Francis Bacon in the archives

    The painter Francis Bacon was known for his disturbing images and bohemian lifestyle

  28. DES Daughters

    A medical scandal which affected millions of women around the world

  29. General Robert E Lee: US Civil War rebel

    Lee was charged with treason, so why did Congress reinstate his citizenship in 1975?

  30. Drugs in the Vietnam War

    How a heroin epidemic among US troops in Vietnam caused panic in the military

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