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Witness HistoryThe Indian sitarist Ravi Shankar taught the Beatles' lead guitarist George Harrison the sitar, bringing classical Indian music to a western audience.Sun, Dec 14, 8:48 amBBC Radio 410 mins
Witness HistoryIn 2015, the street artist transformed a derelict outdoor swimming pool into a dystopian 'bemusement park' in Weston-super-Mare, England. It closed five weeks later.Sun, Dec 14, 5:00 pmBBC Radio 410 mins
Witness HistoryOn 15 December 1985, U.S Marshals conducted a sting operation, where some of Washington DC's most wanted fugitives, were captured under the pretence of having won NFL tickets.Mon, Dec 15, 8:50 amBBC World Sv.10 mins
Witness HistoryOn 15 December 1985, U.S Marshals conducted a sting operation, where some of Washington DC's most wanted fugitives, were captured under the pretence of having won NFL tickets.Mon, Dec 15, 12:50 pmBBC World Sv.10 mins
Witness HistoryOn 15 December 1985, U.S Marshals conducted a sting operation, where some of Washington DC's most wanted fugitives, were captured under the pretence of having won NFL tickets.Mon, Dec 15, 6:50 pmBBC World Sv.10 mins
Witness HistoryOn 15 December 1985, U.S Marshals conducted a sting operation, where some of Washington DC's most wanted fugitives, were captured under the pretence of having won NFL tickets.Tue, Dec 16, 3:50 amBBC World Sv.10 mins
Witness HistoryIn December 1995, the first disability rights legislation was passed by India's parliament, giving full participation and equality rights to an estimated 60 million people.Tue, Dec 16, 8:50 amBBC World Sv.10 mins
Witness HistoryIn December 1995, the first disability rights legislation was passed by India's parliament, giving full participation and equality rights to an estimated 60 million people.Tue, Dec 16, 12:50 pmBBC World Sv.10 mins
Witness HistoryIn December 1995, the first disability rights legislation was passed by India's parliament, giving full participation and equality rights to an estimated 60 million people.Tue, Dec 16, 6:50 pmBBC World Sv.10 mins
Witness HistoryIn December 1995, the first disability rights legislation was passed by India's parliament, giving full participation and equality rights to an estimated 60 million people.Wed, Dec 17, 3:50 amBBC World Sv.10 mins
Witness HistorySalmon was the one fish the Japanese didn't eat raw, but in the late 1980s a man from Norway was trying to change that.Wed, Dec 17, 8:50 amBBC World Sv.10 mins
Witness HistorySalmon was the one fish the Japanese didn't eat raw, but in the late 1980s a man from Norway was trying to change that.Wed, Dec 17, 12:50 pmBBC World Sv.10 mins
Witness HistorySalmon was the one fish the Japanese didn't eat raw, but in the late 1980s a man from Norway was trying to change that.Wed, Dec 17, 6:50 pmBBC World Sv.10 mins
Witness HistorySalmon was the one fish the Japanese didn't eat raw, but in the late 1980s a man from Norway was trying to change that.Thu, Dec 18, 3:50 amBBC World Sv.10 mins
Witness HistoryIn December 1953, Hollywood film stars Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy spent a few weeks at the Bull Inn in Bottesford, Leicestershire.Thu, Dec 18, 8:50 amBBC World Sv.10 mins
Witness HistoryIn December 1953, Hollywood film stars Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy spent a few weeks at the Bull Inn in Bottesford, Leicestershire.Thu, Dec 18, 12:50 pmBBC World Sv.10 mins
Witness HistoryIn December 1953, Hollywood film stars Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy spent a few weeks at the Bull Inn in Bottesford, Leicestershire.Thu, Dec 18, 6:50 pmBBC World Sv.10 mins
Witness HistoryIn December 1953, Hollywood film stars Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy spent a few weeks at the Bull Inn in Bottesford, Leicestershire.Fri, Dec 19, 3:50 amBBC World Sv.10 mins
Witness HistoryTelevision history was made with the live broadcast of Amahl and the Night Visitors, the first opera ever composed specifically for TV in 1951.Fri, Dec 19, 8:50 amBBC World Sv.10 mins
Witness HistoryTelevision history was made with the live broadcast of Amahl and the Night Visitors, the first opera ever composed specifically for TV in 1951.Fri, Dec 19, 12:50 pmBBC World Sv.10 mins
Witness HistoryTelevision history was made with the live broadcast of Amahl and the Night Visitors, the first opera ever composed specifically for TV in 1951.Fri, Dec 19, 6:50 pmBBC World Sv.10 mins
Witness HistoryTelevision history was made with the live broadcast of Amahl and the Night Visitors, the first opera ever composed specifically for TV in 1951.Sat, Dec 20, 3:50 amBBC World Sv.10 mins

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Witness HistoryFor this special edition of Witness History, we join Celestina Olulode in London with five important stories from Black British history. [S]Sun, Sept 25, 8:30 pmBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryFor this special edition of Witness History, we join Celestina Olulode in London with five important stories from Black British history. [S]Sat, Sept 24, 4:30 pmBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryFor this special edition of Witness History, Larry Madowo brings us five extraordinary stories to mark Black History Month from Washington DC.Sun, Feb 7, 5:30 pmBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryFor this special edition of Witness History, Larry Madowo brings us five extraordinary stories to mark Black History Month from Washington DC.Sat, Feb 6, 2:30 pmBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryFor this special edition of Witness History, Larry Madowo brings us five extraordinary stories to mark Black History Month from Washington DC.Fri, Feb 5, 9:30 pmBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryA look back at some of Witness History's most memorable recent stories, including the man who invented the polio vaccine and how Hiroshima's trees became a symbol of survival.Mon, Jan 11, 1:30 amBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryA look back at some of Witness History's most memorable recent stories, including the man who invented the polio vaccine and how Hiroshima's trees became a symbol of survival.Sun, Jan 10, 4:30 pmBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryA look back at some of Witness History's most memorable recent stories, including the man who invented the polio vaccine and how Hiroshima's trees became a symbol of survival.Sun, Jan 10, 12:30 amBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryA look back at some of Witness History's most memorable recent stories, including the man who invented the polio vaccine and how Hiroshima's trees became a symbol of survival.Sat, Jan 9, 8:30 pmBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryA look back at some of Witness History's most memorable recent stories, including the man who invented the polio vaccine and how Hiroshima's trees became a symbol of survival.Sat, Jan 9, 1:30 pmBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness History11/11. On Witness History - Tiananmen Square remembered in China, also how Britain pioneered an alternative to prison.Mon, Aug 31, 1:30 amBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness History11/11. On Witness History - Tiananmen Square remembered in China, also how Britain pioneered an alternative to prison.Sun, Aug 30, 9:30 pmBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness History11/11. On Witness History - Tiananmen Square remembered in China, also how Britain pioneered an alternative to prison.Sun, Aug 30, 3:30 amBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness History11/11. On Witness History - Tiananmen Square remembered in China, also how Britain pioneered an alternative to prison.Sat, Aug 29, 9:30 pmBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryWitness History hears from a survivor of the Khmer Rouge and the man who tried to find a cure for the common cold.Mon, Aug 17, 1:30 amBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryWitness History hears from a survivor of the Khmer Rouge and the man who tried to find a cure for the common cold.Sun, Aug 16, 9:30 pmBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryWitness History hears from a survivor of the Khmer Rouge and the man who tried to find a cure for the common cold.Sun, Aug 16, 3:30 amBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryWitness History hears from a survivor of the Khmer Rouge and the man who tried to find a cure for the common cold.Sat, Aug 15, 9:30 pmBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryWitness History hears from a survivor of the Khmer Rouge and the man who tried to find a cure for the common cold.Sat, Aug 15, 4:30 amBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryWitness History brings you an all-women special in which we go back 50 years to hear from the first black woman to become a head teacher.Mon, Aug 10, 1:30 amBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryWitness History brings you an all-women special in which we go back 50 years to hear from the first black woman to become a head teacher.Sun, Aug 9, 9:30 pmBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryWitness History brings you an all-women special in which we go back 50 years to hear from the first black woman to become a head teacher.Sun, Aug 9, 3:30 amBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryWitness History brings you an all-women special in which we go back 50 years to hear from the first black woman to become a head teacher.Sat, Aug 8, 9:30 pmBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryWitness History brings you an all-women special in which we go back 50 years to hear from the first black woman to become a head teacher.Sat, Aug 8, 4:30 amBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryExtraordinary moments in history as told by people who were there. This episode includes a look at the fall of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. [S]Wed, Aug 5, 2:30 amBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryExtraordinary moments in history as told by people who were there. This episode includes a look at the fall of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. [S]Sun, Aug 2, 9:30 pmBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryExtraordinary moments in history as told by people who were there. This episode includes a look at the fall of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. [S]Sun, Aug 2, 3:30 amBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryExtraordinary moments in history as told by people who were there. This episode includes a look at the fall of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. [S]Sat, Aug 1, 9:30 pmBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryExtraordinary moments in history as told by people who were there. This episode includes a look at the fall of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. [S]Sat, Aug 1, 4:30 amBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryThis month Razia Iqbal is at the British Academy in London to present five extraordinary art stories that have shaped our world.Sun, Mar 1, 4:30 pmBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryThis month Razia Iqbal is at the British Academy in London to present five extraordinary art stories that have shaped our world.Sat, Feb 29, 2:30 pmBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryExtraordinary moments in history as told by people who were there. This month includes a look at the fall of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. [S]Sun, Jan 26, 4:30 pmBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryExtraordinary moments in history as told by people who were there. This month includes a look at the fall of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. [S]Sun, Jan 26, 12:30 amBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryExtraordinary moments in history as told by people who were there. This month includes a look at the fall of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. [S]Sat, Jan 25, 8:30 pmBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryExtraordinary moments in history as told by people who were there. This month includes a look at the fall of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. [S]Sat, Jan 25, 2:30 pmBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryExtraordinary moments in history as told by people who were there. This month includes a look at the fall of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. [S]Fri, Jan 24, 9:30 pmBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryOur favourite stories this year. We go back to mission control in Houston for the moon landing and look at the radical equal rights laws for women in 1950s Tunisia.Wed, Jan 1, 7:30 pmBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryOur favourite stories this year. We go back to mission control in Houston for the moon landing and look at the radical equal rights laws for women in 1950s Tunisia.Tue, Dec 31, 1:30 pmBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryOur favourite stories this year. We go back to mission control in Houston for the moon landing and look at the radical equal rights laws for women in 1950s Tunisia.Mon, Dec 30, 5:30 amBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryThis month's Witness History comes from the Royal Academy in London, with Razia Iqbal. As part of the BBC's Crossing Divides season, we hear two perspectives on the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis. [S]Mon, Dec 2, 2:30 amBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryThis month's Witness History comes from the Royal Academy in London, with Razia Iqbal. As part of the BBC's Crossing Divides season, we hear two perspectives on the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis. [S]Sun, Dec 1, 2:30 pmBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryThis month's Witness History comes from the Royal Academy in London, with Razia Iqbal. As part of the BBC's Crossing Divides season, we hear two perspectives on the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis. [S]Sun, Dec 1, 5:30 amBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryThis month's Witness History comes from the Royal Academy in London, with Razia Iqbal. As part of the BBC's Crossing Divides season, we hear two perspectives on the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis. [S]Sat, Nov 30, 8:30 pmBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryThis month's Witness History comes from the Royal Academy in London, with Razia Iqbal. As part of the BBC's Crossing Divides season, we hear two perspectives on the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis. [S]Sat, Nov 30, 12:30 amBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryThe story of our times told by the people who were there.Sun, Oct 6, 4:30 pmBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryThe story of our times told by the people who were there.Sat, Oct 5, 12:30 amBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryTiananmen Square remembered plus how Britain pioneered an alternative to prison.Sun, Sept 1, 2:30 pmBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryTiananmen Square remembered plus how Britain pioneered an alternative to prison.Sun, Sept 1, 5:30 amBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryTiananmen Square remembered plus how Britain pioneered an alternative to prison.Sat, Aug 31, 2:30 pmBBC NEWS30 mins
Witness HistoryTiananmen Square remembered plus how Britain pioneered an alternative to prison.Sat, Aug 31, 2:30 amBBC NEWS30 mins