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Witness History Episodes

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    To Kill a Mockingbird

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

  2. BR Ambedkar

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

  3. The Exam That Changed China

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

  4. The Development of WiFi

    Australian scientists were central to the development of wifi.

  5. Somalia's Islamic Courts Union

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

  6. The Disappearance of Harold Holt

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

  7. The Great London Smog

    Thousands died as a thick polluted fog engulfed London in 1952

  8. The Unsung Hero of Heart Surgery

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

  9. Otis Redding

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

  10. Hypnotising Saddam's Son

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

  11. Art in Revolutionary Russia

    Avant-garde art flourished in Russia after the 1917 revolution but was later suppressed

  12. The Discovery of Whale Song

    Whales were being hunted to extinction until a biologist realised they could sing.

  13. Finland Wins Independence From Russia

    In December 1917 Finland became an independent country for the first time.

  14. Britain's withdrawal from South Yemen

    In 1967 Britain's departure from Aden leads to the creation of an independent South Yemen

  15. Mount Rushmore

    Construction on one of America's most famous monuments started in 1927.

  16. Science City in Siberia

    Thousands of scientists moved to deepest Siberia to dedicate their lives to research.

  17. The Poisoning of Litvinenko

    Former colonel in the Russian secret service Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned in London.

  18. The Prestige Oil Disaster in Spain

    How thousands of volunteers cleaned up after a huge environmental disaster in 2002

  19. The Audacious Plot to Kill a Colonel

    How El Salvador's leftist rebels led a top army officer into a deadly trap

  20. The Case of Alger Hiss

    The conviction of diplomat Alger Hiss was one of America's most notorious spy cases

  21. The Exile of Wolf Biermann

    East Germany's most famous singer-songwriter was exiled to the West in November 1976.

  22. Toy Story - The First Digitally-Animated Feature Film

    It was a box-office hit and a revolution in the world of animated films.

  23. The Assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem

    The president of South Vietnam was overthrown and murdered in a coup in November 1963.

  24. The Man Who Prosecuted Charles Manson

    Charles Manson's followers murdered 9 people on his orders. But how to prove his guilt?

  25. The Siege of Mecca

    In 1979 Islamic militants took over the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the holiest site in Islam

  26. Botswana's Diamonds

    Huge diamond deposits were first discovered in the Kalahari desert in Botswana in 1967

  27. The 'Disappeared' of Lebanon

    Searching for the thousands who went missing during Lebanon's brutal civil war.

  28. The Windmill Theatre

    A British national institution closed in 1964.

  29. The British Love Affair with Curry

    Indian restaurants first became popular in the UK in the 1950s.

  30. The Exploding Whale

    The story behind one of the most famous viral videos ever.

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