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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
'Mozart of chess’ and the deepest man-made hole in the world
A compilation of Witness History and Sporting Witness episodes.
Women making a mark
Inspiring and influential women from around the world in partnership with BBC 100 Women
Panama and the 'Purple Heart Battalion'
How the Panama Canal changed the Americas, and the US military's most successful regiment
Referendums and cannibalism
Australia's 1999 referendum and a survivor recounts the horrific 1972 Andes plane crash
German traditions and cooking for presidents
The British sitcom that’s loved by Germans, and the chef who’s cooked for five presidents
The Boxing Day tsunami, and Alexa’s creation
Stories from the 2004 tsunami that destroyed parts of south-east Asia, plus making Alexa
The Charlie Hebdo attack and the art of decluttering
10 years since the massacre in plus Marie Kondo
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
Back to 1995
We’re hearing stories from 30 years ago
The 'Wolf Children' of World War Two and China's TV lessons
We hear from 'Wolf child' Luise Quietsch and how actress Kathy Flower became a star
Cult films and a 'rockstar' philosopher
How a film flops become cult classics and the philosopher behind deconstruction theory
Great speeches from around the world
A look at some of the great speeches from the last decade of history
Death of a language and the world’s longest kiss
We hear about the death of an ancient language and a record-breaking kiss
Discovering the haemoglobin structure and the Nellie massacre
One of the greatest scientific discoveries of the 20th century and the Nellie massacre
The invention of the shopping trolley and the Calais 'Jungle'
How the shopping trolley was invented in 1937 and the 2015 European migrant crisis
The Americans with Disabilities Act and the invention of GPS
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes
The history of space travel
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes
The phone call that changed Nigeria and a 'one of a kind' portrait of Nelson Mandela
The wonder woman of the comic world and Namibia's 'ghost town'
Nazis and sex strikes
The 1933 Reichstag fire, and Liberia's women in white
Bonus: Defeated
How ordinary people in experienced the end of World War II
The Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and World Book Day
An hour of historical reporting told by the people who were there
Secret D-Day rehearsal and YouTube begins
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes
The Vietnam War and the expansion of the EU
A collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service
Rescuing Palmyra’s treasures and 80 years since VE Day
Sweden’s Vipeholm experiments and the Intervision Song Contest
The history of photography
Battle of the Beanfield and the Champions League anthem
