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Witness History Episodes

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    The Death of Dele Giwa

    An eyewitness to the assassination of the famous Nigerian journalist Dele Giwa in 1986

  2. The Fake IDs That Saved Jewish Lives

    How tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews escaped the Nazis by using false papers.

  3. Private Eye

    A new satirical magazine called Private Eye was published in London in October 1961.

  4. Romania's Abortion Ban

    Dictator Nicolae Ceausescu made abortion illegal in October 1966.

  5. The 43 Group: Battling British Fascism

    How British Jewish ex-servicemen fought fascists on the streets of Britain after WW2

  6. The Mysterious Death of Samora Machel

    The socialist leader of Mozambique was killed in a plane crash and many were suspicious.

  7. Moscow Theatre Siege

    Svetlana Gubareva recalls her ordeal when Chechen rebels seized a Moscow theatre in 2002.

  8. The Death of JG Farrell

    The writer drowned off the south-west coast of Ireland in 1979.

  9. Cuban Missile Crisis: the Governments

    In October 1962 the Cuban Missile Crisis took the world to the brink of nuclear war

  10. Madonna's First Single

    Everybody was released in 1982 - it was the first step on Madonna's journey to stardom

  11. Testifying Against OJ Simpson

    Ron Shipp was a close friend of OJ Simpson's but decided to testify against him in court.

  12. Saving Italy's Art During WW2

    Italy's great works of art were threatened by bombing and looting during World War Two.

  13. Lluis Companys - Martyr of Catalan Nationalism

    The Catalan leader who was executed by a Spanish fascist firing squad in October 1940.

  14. The Death of Che Guevara

    Felix Rodriguez recalls his part in the killing of the Marxist revolutionary in Oct 1967.

  15. Matthew Shepard: A killing that changed American law

    The murder of a gay student shocked Americans and helped reform US hate crime law

  16. The first black American at Ole Miss

    In 1962 the first black American was enrolled at Mississippi University amid riots

  17. Israel Withdraws From Gaza

    One woman's account of life on the front-line of Israel's occupation of Gaza.

  18. The Raising of the Mary Rose

    King Henry VIII's favourite warship sank in a naval battle in 1545.

  19. The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art

    Shortly before the Islamic revolution in Iran, a very modern museum opened in the capital

  20. The Sudden Death of Pope John Paul I

    Just 33 days into his reign, Pope John Paul I died unexpectedly in September 1978.

  21. A Bitter Divorce: When Guinea said "No" to France

    How Guinea became the first French West African colony to declare independence in 1958.

  22. Walking the Great Wall of China

    It took 508 days to complete the first expedition along the entire length of the wall.

  23. Britain's Land Girls

    Thousands of women and girls worked on farms throughout WW2 to produce much needed food.

  24. Steve Biko: Black Consciousness Leader

    The activist had died in South African police custody. He was buried on September 25 1977

  25. The Cross Border Horse Race

    A showdown on the American/Mexican border on September 14th 1958.

  26. Roselle - The 9/11 Guide Dog

    The inspiring story of how a Labrador led her blind master out of the World Trade Center.

  27. Australia's Rabbit Plague

    Rabbits infested huge swathes of the Australian countryside in the 1940s and 1950s.

  28. Shark Attack Survivor

    When Rodney Fox survived the jaws of a Great White Shark it inspired him to study them.

  29. The Transatlantic Locust Plague

    Millions of African locusts invaded the Caribbean having flown 5,000 kilometres non-stop.

  30. Sabra and Shatila - A Massacre in Lebanon

    A doctor working in Sabra and Shatila refugee camp in Lebanon recalls the massacre there

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