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Caribbean carnivals and a racially inclusive nightclub

Racially inclusive clubbing arrives in Manchester and the release of Gilad Shalit

• 49 mins

Global strikes and industrial action

When workers around the world took industrial action in pursuit of better conditions

• 49 mins

Cuban boxing and the brink of nuclear war

Cuban boxing, the brink of nuclear war and baseball as diplomacy

• 52 mins

Women taking a stand

A focus on global events where women have taken a stand for equality from Sudan to Iran

• 51 mins

The best Championship Manager player ever

The best Championship Manager player ever and sex-selective abortion in India

• 51 mins

Racist raids, protests and a political assassination

Racism led to raids in the 1970s, protests in the 1980s, and a political assassination

• 51 mins

Arabian Peninsula

Stories from the Arabian Peninsula to mark the start of the World Cup in Qatar

• 54 mins

Anwar Ibrahim and road safety inventions

Malaysia's Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, on being put on trial among other stories

• 51 mins

Contested islands and Miss World protests

How four islands complicate the post World War Two relationship between Japan and Russia

• 50 mins

Referendums and Teletubbies

Max Person presents a collection of this weeks Witness history episodes

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District Six and daredevils

The forced removal of families who weren't white from District Six, in South Africa

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90 years of the 麻豆社 World Service

The 麻豆社 Caribbean Service and broadcasting through the Iron Curtain

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Food

Stories about the history of food, including the creation of ciabatta bread in Italy

• 49 mins

Pussy Riot and other Russian rebels

Russian rebels and the most bizarre football match of all time

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Plastics in oceans and sea cucumbers

Plastics in oceans were first discovered over fifty years ago

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Horsemeat scandal and the Miracle on the Hudson

Horsemeat found in burgers and the aeroplane which safely landed on water in New York

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The death penalty and broadcasting bans

A prison guard and a hangman discuss capital punishment among other stories

• 51 mins

Pirate radio and the Velvet Divorce

The first black music station in Europe and why Czechoslovakia split into two states

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Popes

Stories about the history of the papacy, including Benedict XVI's resignation

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'Hot Autumn' and Tutankhamun

Workers' strikes in Italy and 100 years since the opening of Tutankhamun's burial chamber

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Riots in Mauritius and the Queen 'jumping out of a helicopter'

Ethnic tensions in Mauritius and the Queen's 2012 Olympic wow moment

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Pink triangles and political assassinations

Gay men in Nazi concentration camps and the murder of Serbia's Prime Minister

• 51 mins

International Women's Day

A compilation of stories celebrating women who made history

• 51 mins

The Invasion of Iraq

Stories marking 20 years since the American led invasion of Iraq in March 2003

• 51 mins

Film and cinema around the world

The longest running Indian film and freeing Free Willy

• 50 mins

The godfather of manicures and India's Silicon Valley

Vietnam's manicure godfather and how Bengaluru became India鈥檚 Silicon Valley

• 50 mins

Escaping Eritrea and inventing Zumba

One woman's journey to escape Eritrea and how Zumba was invented by accident

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Unearthing World War II mass graves and the Boston bombing

The unearthing of a mass grave in Ukraine, and the Boston bombing in 2013

• 51 mins

The history of dogs

Inventing the labradoodle, the first dog in space and the world's first therapy dog

• 50 mins

Artist Althea McNish and history of the Met Gala

Trinidadian Althea McNish designs for Queen Elizabeth II and the Met Gala's popularity

• 52 mins