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Russia's Bitter Taste of Capitalism

Chaos and hardship hit Russia with the rapid market reforms in early 1992.

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2001 A Space Odyssey

Actor Keir Dullea recalls starring in Stanley Kubrick's ground-breaking sci-fi movie

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The Emergency Rescue Committee

The Emergency Rescue Committee helped save intellectuals and artists from the Nazis

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Woodfall Films

The film company which changed British cinema.

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The First Frozen Embryo Baby

Zoe Leyland was born in Australia on April 11th 1984 after her mother's IVF treatment.

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The Zimbabwe Massacres

Robert Mugabe sent troops to put down opposition supporters in western Zimbabwe in 1983.

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The Soviet Spy Scandal

In 1971 during the Cold War, the UK expelled 90 Soviet diplomats suspected of spying.

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The Shooting of Rudi Dutschke

The German student leader was shot in April 1968, leading to protests in West Berlin.

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World War One: Germany's Spring Offensive 1918

Germany launched a huge offensive on the Western Front in a last gamble to win the war.

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Rebuilding the Site of the Twin Towers

How a team of architects were given the responsibility to repair New York's skyline.

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The Liberation of Bergen-Belsen

In April 1945 British troops discovered the horrors of the Holocaust in a camp in Germany

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The Last Keeper of the Light

The island of Skellig Michael has lighthouses, and a striking role in Star Wars films.

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Earth Day

In 1970, 20 million Americans came out to demonstrate for a sustainable environment.

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World War One: The Red Baron

Veterans remember the famous German air ace who was killed in April 1918

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Swimming The Bering Strait

How an American swimmer crossed the "Ice Curtain" between the USA and the Soviet Union.

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The Oslo Peace Talks

How secret negotiations in Norway led to an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal.

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Scottish Prison Experiment

A special unit in a Glasgow jail began offering art therapy to violent prisoners in 1973.

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Pablo Picasso

The great Spanish artist Pablo Picasso died in April 1973; hear from someone who knew him

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A New Approach to Shakespeare

The Royal Shakespeare Company opened in Britain in 1961 and changed theatre forever.

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The Children's Crusade

Thousands of black children protested on the streets of Birmingham Alabama in May 1963.

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Takeshi's Castle

A new sort of game show started on Japanese TV in May 1986

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WW2: Prisoner on the High Seas

A surprise attack, a ship lost, a crew captured - memories of a merchant navy veteran

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When Margaret Thatcher Came to Power

The British politician was the first woman elected to lead a Western European country.

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The First Diagnosis of Autism

The condition was first described in 1943 by child psychiatrist Leo Kanner in the USA

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Africa United

How 32 newly-independent nations came together to plan the future of their continent.

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The Last King of Bulgaria

Bulgaria's former King Simeon II wins the country鈥檚 parliamentary election in 2001.

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The First Foetal Surgery

On the 10th May 1981 a baby was born after a successful operation while in the womb.

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The Walker Spy Ring

In 1985 members of the US spy ring were arrested for selling Navy secrets to the USSR.

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The Dambusters Raid

The famous British raid on German dams during World War Two.

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The First Montessori Nursery

In 1907 Italian doctor, Maria Montessori, radically changed the way young children learn.

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