Witness Archive 2016
History as told by the people who were there. All the programmes from 2016.
Russia's 'Dog Man'—Witness History
How conceptual artist Oleg Kulik posed as a dog, attacking passers-by in Moscow.
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The Launch of Vogue Russia—Witness History
Aliona Doletskaya remembers starting post Soviet-Russia's biggest glossy fashion magazine
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The Nuclear Legacy—Witness History
The story of how the world was made safe from the former Soviet Union's nuclear legacy
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Georgia In Crisis—Witness History
After the breakup of the Soviet Union, Georgia found itself on the verge of civil war.
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The Break-Up of the Soviet Union—Witness History
Hear from two of the key players who brought to an end over 70 years of communism
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Apollo 8—Witness History
How the first mission around the Moon captured the world's imagination at Christmas 1968
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Samuel Beckett—Witness History
The great Irish playwright and novelist Samuel Beckett died on 22nd December 1989
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Turkey-Greece Island Dispute—Witness History
How Greece and Turkey almost came to war over a tiny rocky island in the Aegean sea.
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Derek Jarman—Witness History
The experimental film-maker made his first feature film 'Sebastiane' in 1976.
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Death of an Anarchist—Witness History
Giuseppe Pinelli was an Italian anarchist who died in police custody - but why?
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The First Latin American 'Telenovela'—Witness History
Brazil's Vida Alves starred in the first ever Latin American soap opera in December 1951.
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Cot Death—Witness History
The 'Back to Sleep' campaign was launched in 1991 to prevent babies dying in their cots
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The Hindu 'Milk Miracle'—Witness History
Millions of Hindus were gripped by reports of their God, Ganesha, 'drinking' milk.
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Sara Ginaite Lithuanian Jewish Partisan—Witness History
A young Jewish woman escaped from the Kaunas Ghetto in Lithuania to fight the Nazis.
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Yoyes - Woman leader of ETA—Witness History
The life and tragic death of the first woman leader of the Basque separatist group ETA.
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Fighting for Rural Women in South Africa—Witness History
Sizani Ngubane set up the Rural Women's Movement in South Africa in the 1990s
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Recreating Down Syndrome in Mice—Witness History
Scientist Elizabeth Fisher created a new strain of mouse to help understand Down Syndrome
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Wangari Maathai Wins Nobel Prize—Witness History
In 2004, the Kenyan ecologist became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize
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Soviet Woman Bomber Pilot—Witness History
Yelena Malyutina was a Soviet female bomber pilot who fought in WW2.
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Digging up the Truth—Witness History
Mercedes Doretti has spent her life uncovering mass graves around the world.
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Colombia's 'Lost City'—Witness History
In 1976, archaeologists found the ruins of a huge indigenous settlement hidden in forest
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Bob Marley Survives Assassination Attempt—Witness History
In December 1976 gunmen tried to kill the legendary reggae singer at his home in Jamaica.
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India's City of the Future: Chandigarh—Witness History
World famous architect Le Corbusier built a city to revive Indian pride after Partition.
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Car Safety and Ralph Nader—Witness History
In the early 1960s there were virtually no laws covering car safety in the USA.
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