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Space travel and Mary Poppins

Befriending Soviet cosmonauts and why the author of Mary Poppins hated the film

• 51 mins

Marriage bars and a Moon mission

The law that banned married women from working and Apollo 13's attempted trip to the Moon

• 49 mins

Ethiopian history

It’s 50 years since Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie was overthrown in a military coup

• 50 mins

New Zealand’s first dinosaur and India’s plague outbreak

How New Zealand's first dinosaur was discovered and the pneumonic plague in India

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South Africa’s Immorality Act and India's Mars Orbiter Mission

South Africa's ban on inter-racial relationships, the Estonia ferry disaster and Tupac

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Latin America's longest plane hijacking and Kristallnacht

How one Latin American flight was hijacked for 60 hours and the infamous Kristallnacht

• 51 mins

Technology and artificial intelligence

The stories behind the first electronic computers, chatbots, QR codes and humanoid robots

• 50 mins

Flower revolutions

The Sunflower Movement in Taiwan in 2014 and the Rose Revolution in Georgia in 2003

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Dungeons & Dragons and dinosaur remains

Fifty years of the fantasy tabletop role-play game and a fossil discovery

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Magic, illusion and tigers

The Siegfried and Roy show in Las Vegas which ended in a tiger attack and tragedy in 2003

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Female heroes of WW2 and the Iranian Revolution

Female heroes from WW2, the pioneering 'Baby' computer and the Iranian Revolution

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The ‘Battle of the Surfaces’ and becoming a republic

A half-clay, half-grass tennis court, losing a crown and a mine rescue

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The Siege of Yarmouk and Iran's 'house churches'

The pianist who played on when Damascus was bombed and the Christians who met in secret

• 50 mins

'Mozart of chess’ and the deepest man-made hole in the world

A compilation of Witness History and Sporting Witness episodes.

• 50 mins

Women making a mark

Inspiring and influential women from around the world in partnership with 91Èȱ¬ 100 Women

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Panama and the 'Purple Heart Battalion'

How the Panama Canal changed the Americas, and the US military's most successful regiment

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Referendums and cannibalism

Australia's 1999 referendum and a survivor recounts the horrific 1972 Andes plane crash

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German traditions and cooking for presidents

The British sitcom that’s loved by Germans, and the chef who’s cooked for five presidents

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The Boxing Day tsunami, and Alexa’s creation

Stories from the 2004 tsunami that destroyed parts of south-east Asia, plus making Alexa

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The Charlie Hebdo attack and the art of decluttering

10 years since the massacre in France plus Marie Kondo

• 51 mins

World War Two on film and Africa's landmark lifestyle magazine

Dramatizing World War Two history and the start of a landmark magazine for Africa

• 51 mins