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Witness History Episodes

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    From Leningrad to St Petersburg

    In a hugely symbolic act Leningrad returned to its historic name of St Petersburg in 1991

  2. Living Under Gaddafi

    A military coup in Libya in September 1969 brought Muammar Gaddafi to power.

  3. The Battle for Brick Lane

    In 1978 the racist murder of a young Bengali galvanised an immigrant community in London.

  4. The First MRI Scan

    Dr Raymond Damadian attempted the first magnetic resonance scan of a human body.

  5. Surviving the "Death Railway"

    A prisoner of war describes the deadly conditions building the bridge over the River Kwai

  6. The Mine Disaster That Devastated Post-War Italy

    How an accident at Marcinelle in Belgium killed more than 100 Italian migrant workers.

  7. The Lake Nyos Disaster

    The mysterious death of villagers and livestock in north-western Cameroon

  8. Hitler's League Of German Girls

    An elderly German recalls her years as a leader in the Hitler Youth for girls.

  9. Benidorm

    The story of the mayor who created one of the world's biggest holiday resorts.

  10. Hitler's Architect

    Albert Speer was Hitler's architect. We talk to a journalist who interviewed him.

  11. Baba of Karo

    The groundbreaking autobiography of a woman who grew up in 19th century Nigeria

  12. USSR Wages War on Alcohol

    Sales of alcohol in the USSR were limited in 1985 in a bid to fight drunkenness.

  13. Prague Spring

    The student who appealed for the world's help when Soviet tanks invaded Czechoslovakia

  14. The Gladbeck Hostage Crisis

    A bank robbery, a three-day car chase and a journalist who got too close to the story.

  15. The Invention of Instant Noodles

    The creation in 1958 of a new product that would revolutionise mealtimes worldwide.

  16. When TV Came To South Africa

    Apartheid South Africa finally launched the country's first TV service in 1976.

  17. The Omagh Bombing

    In August 1998, 29 people died in a massive car bombing in Omagh, Northern Ireland.

  18. Photographing Martin Luther King and His Family

    Moneta Sleet, the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for journalism.

  19. Vera Brittain: Anti-Bombing Campaigner

    During WW2 the feminist and writer Vera Brittain spoke out against the bombing of Germany

  20. The Burma Uprising of 1988

    On August 8th 1988 the Burmese military cracked down on anti-government demonstrators.

  21. Israel's Secret Peace Envoy

    In August 1994 Yitzhak Rabin became the first Israeli leader to visit Jordan

  22. The Battle of the Potato Beetles

    Communist East Germany claimed US planes were dropping beetles on their crops

  23. When Buckingham Palace Opened Its Doors

    Queen Elizabeth II first opened her home to the paying public on August 7th 1993.

  24. The Azeri-Armenian Village Swap

    How two villages, Armenian and Azeri, managed to avoid ethnic violence by swapping homes

  25. The First CIA Coup in Latin America

    Guatemala's president was ousted from power by army officers backed by the CIA in 1954.

  26. The Search for Iran's Nuclear Programme

    In 2003 Iran agreed to let the IAEA into the country to inspect its nuclear facilities.

  27. The Retirement Home For Dancing Bears

    The Bulgarian sanctuary that cares for bears once forced to dance.

  28. Shambo The Sacred Bull

    How a bull's health led to a stand-off between monks and the Welsh government in 2007.

  29. WW1: Britain's Conscientious Objectors

    Thousands went to prison for refusing to join Britain's war effort.

  30. Women At West Point

    In July 1976, female cadets were admitted to the US Military Academy for the first time.

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