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Witness History Episodes

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    My 10-Year Battle to Adopt in Guatemala

    How Guatemala's changes in law scuppered Ruth Sheehan's attempt to adopt a baby boy

  2. The Writer With Cerebral Palsy Who Made History

    Christopher Nolan became the first severely disabled person to win the Whitbread prize.

  3. Eisenhower's Farewell Address

    American president Dwight Eisenhower's great farewell address

  4. South Africa's Truth And Reconciliation Commission

    After Apartheid, South Africans tried to come to terms with their brutal past.

  5. How British Women Helped Win World War One

    For the first time women were encouraged to join the workforce to help win the war

  6. Reaching out After World War Two

    German children were invited to stay in the English town of Reading after WW2 had ended

  7. When France said 'Non' to Britain joining the EEC

    In 1963, France stopped Britain from joining the European Economic Community, now the EU

  8. The Algerian Massacres

    The story of one atrocity in Algeria's battle with radical Islamists in the 1990s

  9. The First iPhone

    The touchscreen smartphone changed mobile technology for ever.

  10. The Boy Who Stayed Awake For Eleven Days

    California high school student Randy Gardner set a world record in 1964.

  11. Iran Student Protests 1999

    A young man became an unwitting symbol of the anti-government protests

  12. I Hijacked A Plane To Save My Children

    How one woman fled Brazil's military dictatorship with her kids on a hijacked plane.

  13. The Apalachin Meeting

    A chance discovery in 1957 revealed how powerful the mafia was in America.

  14. Spelling Bee - The Children's Competition that Grips America

    The first child of South Asian background to become America's Spelling Bee champion.

  15. Boris Yeltsin's Surprise Resignation

    On New Year's Eve 1999 the Russian President went on TV and said he was leaving office.

  16. Voyager: Around The World On One Tank of Fuel

    How two pilots became the first to fly non-stop around the world without refuelling

  17. The Climbers of Leningrad

    Mountaineers risked their lives to camouflage landmarks in the Russian city during WW2.

  18. "Spend, Spend, Spend" - The Miner's Wife Who Won Big

    How Viv Nicholson became a celebrity in Britain after winning the football pools in 1961.

  19. The First Kwanzaa

    The African-American winter holiday was invented in Los Angeles in 1966.

  20. Trivial Pursuit

    The game has become a holiday tradition with families around the world.

  21. To Kill a Mockingbird

    Louise Hidalgo speaks to Gregory Peck's son Carey about the film of Harper Lee's novel.

  22. BR Ambedkar

    The Indian independence leader and campaigner for Dalit rights died in December 1956.

  23. The Exam That Changed China

    The return of university entrance exams showed the Cultural Revolution had really ended.

  24. The Development of WiFi

    Australian scientists were central to the development of wifi.

  25. Somalia's Islamic Courts Union

    How the Islamic movement brought a brief moment of peace to Mogadishu after years of war

  26. The Disappearance of Harold Holt

    The Australian Prime Minister went for a swim on December 17th 1967 - and never came back

  27. The Great London Smog

    Thousands died as a thick polluted fog engulfed London in 1952

  28. The Unsung Hero of Heart Surgery

    The African-American lab technician whose surgery helped save millions of babies..

  29. Otis Redding

    The great soul singer who was killed in a plane crash in December 1967

  30. Hypnotising Saddam's Son

    How an American hypnotist went to Iraq to treat Uday, the eldest son of Saddam Hussein.

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