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Witness History Episodes

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    The Walker Spy Ring

    In 1985 members of the US spy ring were arrested for selling Navy secrets to the USSR.

  2. The First Foetal Surgery

    On the 10th May 1981 a baby was born after a successful operation while in the womb.

  3. The Last King of Bulgaria

    Bulgaria's former King Simeon II wins the country’s parliamentary election in 2001.

  4. Africa United

    How 32 newly-independent nations came together to plan the future of their continent.

  5. The First Diagnosis of Autism

    The condition was first described in 1943 by child psychiatrist Leo Kanner in the USA

  6. When Margaret Thatcher Came to Power

    The British politician was the first woman elected to lead a Western European country.

  7. WW2: Prisoner on the High Seas

    A surprise attack, a ship lost, a crew captured - memories of a merchant navy veteran

  8. Takeshi's Castle

    A new sort of game show started on Japanese TV in May 1986

  9. The Children's Crusade

    Thousands of black children protested on the streets of Birmingham Alabama in May 1963.

  10. A New Approach to Shakespeare

    The Royal Shakespeare Company opened in Britain in 1961 and changed theatre forever.

  11. Pablo Picasso

    The great Spanish artist Pablo Picasso died in April 1973; hear from someone who knew him

  12. Scottish Prison Experiment

    A special unit in a Glasgow jail began offering art therapy to violent prisoners in 1973.

  13. The Oslo Peace Talks

    How secret negotiations in Norway led to an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal.

  14. Swimming The Bering Strait

    How an American swimmer crossed the "Ice Curtain" between the USA and the Soviet Union.

  15. World War One: The Red Baron

    Veterans remember the famous German air ace who was killed in April 1918

  16. Earth Day

    In 1970, 20 million Americans came out to demonstrate for a sustainable environment.

  17. The Last Keeper of the Light

    The island of Skellig Michael has lighthouses, and a striking role in Star Wars films.

  18. The Liberation of Bergen-Belsen

    In April 1945 British troops discovered the horrors of the Holocaust in a camp in Germany

  19. Rebuilding the Site of the Twin Towers

    How a team of architects were given the responsibility to repair New York's skyline.

  20. World War One: Germany's Spring Offensive 1918

    Germany launched a huge offensive on the Western Front in a last gamble to win the war.

  21. The Shooting of Rudi Dutschke

    The German student leader was shot in April 1968, leading to protests in West Berlin.

  22. The Soviet Spy Scandal

    In 1971 during the Cold War, the UK expelled 90 Soviet diplomats suspected of spying.

  23. The Zimbabwe Massacres

    Robert Mugabe sent troops to put down opposition supporters in western Zimbabwe in 1983.

  24. The First Frozen Embryo Baby

    Zoe Leyland was born in Australia on April 11th 1984 after her mother's IVF treatment.

  25. Woodfall Films

    The film company which changed British cinema.

  26. The Emergency Rescue Committee

    The Emergency Rescue Committee helped save intellectuals and artists from the Nazis

  27. 2001 A Space Odyssey

    Actor Keir Dullea recalls starring in Stanley Kubrick's ground-breaking sci-fi movie

  28. Russia's Bitter Taste of Capitalism

    Chaos and hardship hit Russia with the rapid market reforms in early 1992.

  29. The UNAbomber

    How the UNAbomber Ted Kaczynski was caught after his brother turned him in

  30. The Invention of Semtex

    The Czech plastic explosive that was once undetectable to security services

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