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Witness History Episodes

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    The Soviet James Bond

    In 1973, the most successful TV spy series ever to be broadcast in the USSR, went on air.

  2. Shenzhen - Special Economic Zone

    In May 1980 Communist China allowed capitalist activity for the first time.

  3. The French Army Mutiny of 1917

    After enduring years of slaughter during WW1, French army units finally mutinied

  4. Civil War in Tajikistan

    In 1992, shortly after the collapse of the USSR, a civil war erupted in Tajikistan.

  5. Magnum Photos

    The legendary photographic cooperative, Magnum, was founded 70 years ago

  6. The Invention of Liposuction

    It was a father and son team of Italian cosmetic surgeons who created liposuction.

  7. Ulrike Meinhof

    In May 1976 the German left-wing extremist Ulrike Meinhof killed herself in prison.

  8. Searching For Argentina's Disappeared

    How the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo challenged Argentina's military rulers.

  9. Bosnia: Rape as a Weapon of War

    During the Bosnian war of the early 1990's, thousands of women were raped.

  10. When the Syrian Army Withdrew from Lebanon

    On April 26th 2005, Syrian forces finally pulled out of Lebanon after almost 30 years.

  11. Revolutionary Psychiatrist RD Laing

    The man who changed the way people thought about mental illness.

  12. Bulgaria's "Revival Process"

    Bulgaria's brutal policy of forced assimilation against its Turkish minority in the 1980s

  13. The Suzuki Violin Method

    In post-WW2 Japan, Shinichi Suzuki developed a new method of teaching the violin.

  14. The Hubble Space Telescope

    When it began sending images back to Nasa they were out of focus - Mike Weiss fixed it

  15. Charlie Chaplin Returns to America from Exile

    Eugene Chaplin remembers his famous father's love-hate relationship with the USA

  16. The World Festival of Black Arts

    In April 1966 thousands of African artists and performers gathered in Senegal

  17. How Peru Mistook Missionaries For Drug Traffickers

    Hear from the American who survived being shot down in his plane over the Amazon jungle

  18. The Takeover of NTV in Russia

    NTV was the only nationwide independent TV channel in Russia. It was taken over in 2001.

  19. America's 504 Disability Rights Protests

    In April 1977, US disabled activists occupied a government building for nearly a month.

  20. UK Sikhs Fight For Religious Rights

    In 1969 Sikh bus drivers in Wolverhampton won the right to wear turbans on duty.

  21. The Katyn Massacre

    Tens of thousands of Polish officers were executed in the USSR during World War 2.

  22. Ethiopia's Red Terror

    In the 1970s Ethiopia's military regime launched a brutal campaign of repression

  23. Egypt's Facebook Girl

    Israa Abd El Fattah was one of the first Egyptian activists to use Facebook for protests.

  24. The USA Enters World War One

    America declared war on Germany on 6 April 1917

  25. Princess Diana's Handshake with Aids Patient

    In April 1987 Princess Diana opened the UK's first purpose built HIV Aids unit

  26. The Nagorno-Karabakh war

    One man whose family were made refugees during the Nagorno-Karabakh war tells their story

  27. The Jane Fonda Workout

    In April 1982 the film star Jane Fonda launched her first workout video.

  28. The Collapse of the Larsen B Ice Shelf

    Glaciologist Pedro Svarka recalls the massive ice shelf tumbling into the Antarctic seas.

  29. Teletubbies

    In March 1997 the BBC launched one of the most successful children's TV programmes ever.

  30. Anthrax Leak in the Soviet Union

    In 1979, an outbreak of anthrax poisoning caused dozens of deaths in the Soviet Union.

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