麻豆约拍

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.

• 50 mins

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.

• 49 mins

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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The Woman Who Stopped Equal Rights in America

In June 1982 Phyllis Schlafly defeated a law to guarantee gender equality in the US.

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Italy's Secret "State-within-a-State"

Murder and conspiracy among Italy's elite, atrocity in 1930s Ethiopia, and Body Worlds

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The History of Modern Tourism

The Icelandic firm that broke the mould in air travel, the Hippie trail and Euro Disney.

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The Roswell Incident

In July 1947 a US rancher found debris which some believe came from an alien spacecraft.

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The Oka Crisis

A watershed moment for Canada's indigenous people, the birth of UKIP and Rave.

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Psychological Warfare

Spooking fighters during the Vietnam War plus the Mont Blanc Tunnel and a Nintendo legend

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When Homosexuality Was a Crime

The horrific use of aversion therapy for gay men; plus Chiang Kai Shek's former aide.

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Reagan's Bombing Joke

Reagan's bombing joke, the murder of Naji al Ali, and violence in pre-partition India

• 52 mins