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Witness History Episodes

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    The killing of Osama Bin Laden

    The US tracked down the al-Qaeda leader to a city in northern Pakistan in 2011

  2. The story of George Stinney Jr

    How a 14-year-old boy became the youngest person executed in the USA in the 20th century

  3. The woman who negotiated peace with a rebel group

    The female negotiator who agreed a deal with Muslim rebels in the Philippines.

  4. Storming the Stasi HQ

    After the fall of the Berlin Wall East German citizens stormed the secret police HQ

  5. Britain's National Trust

    How some of the great stately homes of Britain were saved from demolition and decay

  6. The battle for Fallujah

    A US Marine's account of the massive operation against Iraqi insurgents in 2004

  7. The Computers for Schools revolution

    In 2009, Uruguay became the first country to give every schoolchild a laptop computer.

  8. The murder of environmentalist Chico Mendes

    The killing of the man who'd become a powerful symbol of the fight to save the Amazon

  9. The exodus of Kashmiri Hindus

    In January 1990 over 100 000 Hindus fled the Kashmir valley

  10. German atrocities in Poland during WW2

    The memories of a survivor of Nazi atrocities in the final months of the war in Europe

  11. East Germany's punks

    How the communist secret police, the Stasi, tried to crush a youth subculture.

  12. The battle for the Woman in Gold

    How an elderly refugee fought the Austrian government to get back a painting by Klimt

  13. Desmond's: A sitcom that changed Britain

    Desmond's was the most successful black sitcom in British TV history

  14. The book that predicted an end to civilisation

    The Limits to Growth was published in 1972 and suggested global decline from 2020

  15. Chester Williams - South African rugby legend

    The story of the only black player in the Springbok team that won the 1995 Rugby World Cup

  16. Negotiating an end to El Salvador's civil war

    The UN's top negotiator Alvaro de Soto recalls his part in bringing peace to El Salvador

  17. Britain's GI babies

    The story of children born to British mothers and black GIs during WW2

  18. The Chippendales

    The male stripper troupe was founded in Los Angeles in 1979

  19. Vietnam war: Surviving the 'Christmas bombing' campaign

    In December 1972 the US military launched its heaviest bombardment of Hanoi.

  20. Cirque du Soleil

    The ground-breaking circus was formed by a group of street performers in Quebec in 1984.

  21. The secret history of Monopoly

    The true story of one of the world's most popular board games, Monopoly.

  22. The invasion of Afghanistan

    On 24 December 1979 Soviet troops started pouring into Afghanistan

  23. Fighting cancer

    Pioneering work in the 60s into combination chemotherapy to try to find a cure for cancer

  24. The creation of Abuja

    Why Nigeria built a brand new capital city from scratch.

  25. Bee crisis: Colony Collapse Disorder

    Why the mysterious loss of honey bees in the US triggered a global panic.

  26. The Romanian revolution

    In December 1989 a wave of protests finally deposed communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu

  27. Women and the Sabarimala temple

    How Indian women fought for the right to be allowed into a Hindu holy site

  28. Black GIs during World War Two

    How soldiers who had been relegated to support roles were asked to volunteer for combat

  29. The attack on India's parliament

    In December 2001 armed men attacked India's parliamentary compound in broad daylight

  30. El Salvador's stolen children

    During El Salvador's civil war, soldiers abducted children in rebel areas

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