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Witness History Episodes

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    Attack on the US Embassy in Islamabad

    In late November 1979 a mob set fire to the US Embassy in Islamabad

  2. The CIA's Cultural War: how the CIA secretly funded the magazine Encounter

    How the CIA secretly funded the hugely influential cultural magazine Encounter.

  3. Fear of Flying: The Best Selling Book About Sex, Creativity And Love

    Erica Jong, a feminist author from New York, talks about her novel on female sexuality

  4. Fire: Bollywood Explores Lesbian Love

    Indian film star Shabana Azmi recalls playing a lesbian in the controversial film, Fire

  5. Kenya’s Torture Chambers

    In 1986 the Kenyan government began a programme of secretly torturing suspected opponents

  6. The Fall of the Taliban

    On 13 November 2001, the Taliban administration collapsed in Afghanistan

  7. East Timor Massacre

    In November 1991 Indonesian troops opened fire on independence activists in East Timor

  8. Romany: Pioneer Wildlife Broadcaster

    Romany of the BBC was a pioneer naturalist broadcaster of Roma Gypsy origin

  9. India Anti-Sikh Riots

    Following the assassination of Indira Gandhi, India was gripped by anti-Sikh riots

  10. The Amman Bombings

    On 9 November 2005, nearly 60 people were killed in Jordan's worst terror attack

  11. The Russian Revolution: Alexander Kerensky

    Alexander Kerensky, overthrown by Lenin in 1917, comments on the Russian Revolution

  12. The Battle of El Alamein

    In 1942, the Allies launched an offensive in Egypt that helped shape the course of WW2

  13. The Green March

    In November 1975 a huge crowd of Moroccans marched into a Spanish colony in the desert

  14. Britain's Executioner - Albert Pierrepoint

    Archive interviews with Britain's most famous hangman, who executed more than 400 people.

  15. The Jarrow Crusade

    In 1936 men from the North of England marched to London to protest at mass unemployment.

  16. A Jewish Homeland in Siberia

    In 1930 the USSR created a Jewish Region in Siberia, a homeland for Soviet Jews

  17. The Great Depression: Harry Leslie Smith Remembers

    Harry Leslie Smith grew up in England during the Great Depression of the 1930s

  18. The First Lady of Cuban Ballet

    World-famous prima ballerina Alicia Alonso talks about founding Cuba's National Ballet

  19. The Nuclear Spy Alan Nunn May

    In 1945 the English physicist was exposed as a nuclear spy for the Soviet Union.

  20. The birth of the United Nations

    In October 1945, the United Nations was born, in the hope of preventing future wars

  21. Iceland's Women Strike

    In October 1975, 90% of all women in Iceland took part in a massive nationwide protest

  22. Sri Lanka Killings

    In 1995 during Sri Lanka's brutal civil war Tamil rebels attacked a Sinhalese village.

  23. The Disappearing Sea

    In 1990, the first international conference was held on the shrinking of the Aral Sea

  24. The Controversial 'God of Vengeance'

    How the cast of an early 20th century Yiddish play found themselves in court in New York.

  25. Mass Graves in Hue, Vietnam

    US troops discovered victims of the Communist Tet offensive in Hue city in 1968

  26. The October Crisis in Canada

    When Quebec separatists started to use violence - Canada's government called out the army

  27. Satyajit Ray: Working with India’s Cinematic Master

    Sixty years ago the acclaimed director released his awarding winning first film

  28. Danish Jews Escape the Holocaust

    Almost all of Denmark's Jewish population escaped the Nazis during World War Two

  29. The White Russians in Shanghai

    A Russian refugee remembers life in Shanghai after fleeing the 1917 revolution

  30. The Death of Edith Cavell

    On 12 October 1915 a British nurse was executed by German troops during World War One

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