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Witness History Episodes

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    Yemen

    Yemen is the news because of al-Qaeda, but in the 90s, its civil war made the headlines.

  2. Revolution at the LSE

    How students in the sixties brought the London School of Economics to a halt.

  3. The Battle of Algiers

    One man's experience of the Algerian war of Independence.

  4. Irish War of Independence

    Memories of the Irish war of independence which began over 90 years ago this month.

  5. Korean War

    It's sixty years since the beginning of the Korean War - one man remembers that time.

  6. Kidnap in Ethiopia

    How a young journalist ended up spending rather more time in Ethiopia than he'd planned.

  7. Ethiopian Jews

    How one Ethiopian jew made the trip to Israel and the culture shock that awaited him.

  8. Airlift to America

    In the late 1950s a plan to educate young Africans leaders is born.

  9. Ghana coup

    How a New Year's coup in Ghana led to changes for the country's journalists.

  10. The Millenium Bug

    Ten years ago on New Year's Eve computer experts were preparing themselves for disaster.

  11. Saddam Execution

    What was it like growing up in the shadow of Saddam Hussein?

  12. Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: Part Two

    It's exactly thirty years since Soviet soldiers invaded Afghanistan - part two.

  13. Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: Part One

    It's exactly thirty years since Soviet forces overthrew the Afghan government.

  14. Filming Titanic

    The making of an epic film - Titanic.

  15. Must-have toys

    We look at the history of Christmas gifts and 'must-have' toys.

  16. Pong

    Pong - the computer game that launched a multi-billion dollar industry.

  17. Asian Flu

    The Asian flu pandemic of 1957 cost millions of lives and spread fear around the world.

  18. Lancaster House Agreement

    It's exactly 30 years since an agreement signed in London framed the future for Zimbabwe.

  19. Enron

    Witness hears from the woman who blew the whistle about the state of Enron's finances.

  20. Ebola

    Two doctors tell how they dealt with one of the first outbreaks of Ebola fever.

  21. UN Peacekeepers

    How the first United Nations Peacekeeping Force came into being.

  22. Andes Survivor

    One man's remarkable story of survival in the Andes mountains.

  23. The Battle for Votes for Women

    The voices of the suffragettes who led the campaign for the women's vote in Britain

  24. Belsen

    On 11 December 1945 the so-called 'Beast of Belsen' was executed for war crimes.

  25. Kanchenjunga

    The climbers who stopped short of the top of one of the world's highest mountains.

  26. Lethal Injection

    We hear from a witness to the first ever execution by lethal injection in a US jail.

  27. Lucy Skeleton

    We take you to Africa and a historic discovery in the search for the origins of humanity.

  28. Montreal Protocol

    One man's part in the discovery of the impact of CFCs on the ozone layer.

  29. 1970 World Cup

    We take you back over 40 years to a football World Cup and an iconic team.

  30. Heart Transplant

    We take you back more than 40 years to the first ever heart transplant operation.

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