History as told by the people who were there.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 16 days 9 hours 30 minutes
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USSR Wages War on Alcohol
Sales of alcohol in the USSR were limited in 1985 in a bid to fight drunkenness.
Prague Spring
The student who appealed for the world's help when Soviet tanks invaded Czechoslovakia
The Gladbeck Hostage Crisis
A bank robbery, a three-day car chase and a journalist who got too close to the story.
The Invention of Instant Noodles
The creation in 1958 of a new product that would revolutionise mealtimes worldwide.
When TV Came To South Africa
Apartheid South Africa finally launched the country's first TV service in 1976.
Photographing Martin Luther King and His Family
Moneta Sleet, the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for journalism.
Vera Brittain: Anti-Bombing Campaigner
During WW2 the feminist and writer Vera Brittain spoke out against the bombing of Germany
Israel's Secret Peace Envoy
In August 1994 Yitzhak Rabin became the first Israeli leader to visit Jordan
When Buckingham Palace Opened Its Doors
Queen Elizabeth II first opened her home to the paying public on August 7th 1993.
The Azeri-Armenian Village Swap
How two villages, Armenian and Azeri, managed to avoid ethnic violence by swapping homes