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Dickey Chapelle - War Reporter

The pioneering American woman journalist; life in Mao's China; and Harry Houdini.

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The Pitcairn Sex Abuse Trial

Alleged sex abuse on a remote island, a controversial Kurdish song, men versus computers

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The Dili Massacre

Horror in East Timor, book-burning in Britain and the birth of the James Bond theme tune.

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The 1948 French Miners' Strike

How coal miners in post-war France went from being seen as heroes, to pariahs.

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Bob Marley Survives Assassination Attempt

The shooting of Bob Marley, the resistance of the Mirabal Sisters, Colombia's Lost City

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100 Women History Hour

A special edition of the programme remembering women that history has overlooked.

• 49 mins

Yoyes, ETA's female icon

The death of a Basque fighter, resisting the Nazis in Lithuania, and a Hindu milk miracle

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Death of an Anarchist

The controversial death of Giuseppe Pinelli, Samuel Beckett and flying to the moon

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The Break-Up of the Soviet Union

Key players in the fall of the USSR recall the momentous events of December 1991

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American Communists

American Communists, gun-toting children in Albania and death and forgiveness in Ecuador.

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Princess Diana's Minefield Walk

A royal visit boosts landmine campaigners, Turkey's headscarf pioneer and spying in WW1

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Roots - The TV Series

Slavery on US TV, peace in El Salvador, Hrant Dink's murder; and Dungeons and Dragons.

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The Aboriginal Tent Embassy

Indigenous rights in Australia, the invention of the microwave, and Desert Island Discs.

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The End of Apartheid

Former South African police minister talks apartheid, Black Hawk Down and a polar record

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Sanctuary Cities in the USA

US safe havens for undocumented immigrants, a killer killer whale, DNA, and a Kenyan hit.

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Love and Marriage

From speed-dating to gay romance, from divorce to chastity, recent changes in love.

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The German American Bund

Nazis in 1930s America; Slobodan Milosevic on trial; attacks on Denmark's Little Mermaid.

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Mother Teresa - The Nun Who Became A Saint

Life with Mother Teresa, the birth of Nollywood and Eleanor Roosevelt in the White House.

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Kuwaiti Women Secure the Vote

Kuwaiti women win the vote; smog in Mexico, and America's first Islamic terror incident

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The First Russian Revolution of 1917

The Russian Revolution, AIDS and 'Patient Zero' plus escaping the Nazis as a child.

• 51 mins

The Flavr Savr Tomato - The World's First Genetically Engineered Food

The GM food debate, an anthrax outbreak in the Soviet Union, and the Teletubbies turn 20.

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How Princess Diana changed the perception of AIDS

A handshake that changed attitudes to AIDS, America enters WW1, and Egypt's Facebook girl

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The Takeover of Russia's NTV

A setback for media freedom in Russia; Ethiopia's Red Terror; and WW2's Katyn massacre.

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Charlie Chaplin Returns to America from Exile

Charlie Chaplin, images of the furthest galaxies and the world's first black festival.

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Searching For Argentina's Disappeared

Defying Argentina's military rulers, when Syria left Lebanon and Bosnia's rape camps.

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The Invention of Liposuction

The start of the cosmetic surgery industry; the Tajik Civil War; and Magnum photo agency

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The Trial of Maurice Papon

The French minister tried for Nazi collusion, the USSR's 007 and US wine beats French.

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Brown v The Board of Education

Racial segregation ends in US schools; Iran's 2009 election protest; and Weight Watchers

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Operation Lifeline: Canada's Refugee Revolution

Citizens sponsor refugees, a rock concert for Chernobyl and the first US female rabbi.

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The Six Day War 1967

Soldiers from both sides on the battle for Jerusalem; plus Robert Kennedy's assassination

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