Witness History

History as told by the people who were there.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t1hd

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China's One Child policy


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 May 15, 2019  11m
 
 

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The economists who predicted the 2008 financial crash but whose warnings were ignored


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 May 14, 2019  11m
 
 

The Karakoram highway


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 May 13, 2019  11m
 
 

Strictly Come Dancing


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 May 10, 2019  9m
 
 

The war on drugs


The first 'war on drugs' was launched by US President Richard Nixon in 1971.


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 May 9, 2019  12m