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Fri, May 25
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Witness: Dutch School Siege
The ordeal of a nine-year-old child hostage
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Thu, May 24
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Witness: The Hacienda nightclub
It's 30 years since the legendary Hacienda nightclub opened in Manchester.
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Wed, May 23
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Witness: The murder of Giovanni Falcone
20 years ago the Italian anti-mafia judge was assassinated in Palermo.
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Tue, May 22
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Witness: Monkeys in Space
Monkeys were the first American astronauts
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Mon, May 21
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Witness: Thirty five years of Star Wars
C3PO tells the story of the first blockbuster film.
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Fri, May 18
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Witness: Mount St Helens erupts
On May 18th 1980 the huge volcano blew, hear from someone who saw it happen close up.
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Thu, May 17
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Witness: South Asia nuclear standoff
In May 1998 the world watched as a nuclear arms race began in South Asia.
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Wed, May 16
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Witness: The death of Anne Boleyn
The second wife of Henry VIII was executed in May 1536.
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Tue, May 15
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Witness: The Anschluss
A Vienna resident remembers the day that Hitler marched into Austria.
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Mon, May 14
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Witness: The Seven Up TV series
Almost 50 years ago a TV programme began filming a group of 7-year olds - they are still filming them today.
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Fri, May 11
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Sporting Witness: Lance Armstrong
A close friend of the US cycling legend describes his comeback from cancer to win the Tour de France.
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Fri, May 11
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Witness: The assassination of a Prime Minster
200 years ago the British PM Spencer Perceval was shot dead in London.
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Thu, May 10
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Witness: Paris 1968
How student protests and workers' strikes threatened to bring down the government of France.
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Wed, May 9
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Witness: Rudolph Hess on the couch
How a British psychiatrist was sent to examine Rudolph Hess in 1941, shortly after the deputy fuhrer flew from Nazi Germany to Scotland.
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Tue, May 8
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Witness: Attack on Fela Kuti
In 1977 the Nigerian musician's compound in Lagos was attacked by soldiers.
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Mon, May 7
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Witness: The trial of Charles Manson
He remains one of the most notorious mass killers in the USA.
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Sat, May 5
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Sporting Witness: Natalie du Toit
The South African swimmer who became the first athlete to compete in the Paralympic AND Olympic Games.
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Fri, May 4
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Witness: Britain's General Strike
In 1926 workers all over Britain went on strike in support of coal miners.
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Thu, May 3
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Witness: Britain's only gay footballer commits suicide
The niece of Justin Fashanu, the only British gay professional footballer, speaks about the death of her favourite uncle in May 1998.
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Wed, May 2
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Witness: Rodney King and the LA riots
Rodney King talks about the riots that followed his brutal beating by police.
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Tue, May 1
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Witness: The capture of Alija Izetbegovic
In May 1992 the Bosnian President was seized by Serb soldiers at Sarajevo airport.
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Mon, Apr 30
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Witness: The right to die
10 years ago a paralysed woman known as Miss B was allowed to die after a controversial court case.
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Sat, Apr 28
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Sporting Witness: Tied Test Match
The former Australian captain, Richie Benaud, recalls the first ever tied game in test match cricket. It happened when the Australians played the West Indies in 1960.
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Fri, Apr 27
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Witness: Mass Trespass
80 years ago hundreds of young hillwalkers held a demonstration on top of a mountain called Kinder Scout in the North of England.
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Thu, Apr 26
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Witness: Studio 54
It is exactly 35 years since one of the coolest nightclubs ever, opened in New York.
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Wed, Apr 25
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Witness: Gallipoli
One New Zealand soldier remembers how he survived the Battle of Gallipoli during World War One.
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Tue, Apr 24
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Witness: 75 years since the bombing of Guernica
In the aftermath of the attacks, thousands of Basque children were sent to Britain to escape the Spanish Civil War. (this programme is a repeat)
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Mon, Apr 23
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Witness: The trial of Oscar Wilde
How a court case about homosexual love ruined the 19th century British playwright.
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Sat, Apr 21
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Sporting Witness: Michael Johnson
How the American sprinter shattered the 200m world record at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
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Fri, Apr 20
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Witness: Rivers of Blood
How a speech by the conservative politician, Enoch Powell, put race at the heart of British political debate in 1968
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