成人快手

Derek Jarman

The experimental film-maker made his first feature film 'Sebastiane' in 1976.

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Turkey-Greece Island Dispute

How Greece and Turkey almost came to war over a tiny rocky island in the Aegean sea.

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Samuel Beckett

The great Irish playwright and novelist Samuel Beckett died on 22nd December 1989

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Apollo 8

How the first mission around the Moon captured the world's imagination at Christmas 1968

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The Break-Up of the Soviet Union

Hear from two of the key players who brought to an end over 70 years of communism

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Georgia In Crisis

After the breakup of the Soviet Union, Georgia found itself on the verge of civil war.

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The Nuclear Legacy

The story of how the world was made safe from the former Soviet Union's nuclear legacy

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The Launch of Vogue Russia

Aliona Doletskaya remembers starting post Soviet-Russia's biggest glossy fashion magazine

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Russia's 'Dog Man'

How conceptual artist Oleg Kulik posed as a dog, attacking passers-by in Moscow.

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America's First Communists

Husband and wife Bert and Ella Wolfe faced persecution in the movement's early years

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Vietnam War: The Cu Chi Tunnels

A Vietnamese war veteran on life in the Viet Cong's tunnel network in South Vietnam

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Charter 77

In January 1977 an opposition movement began in Soviet-era Czechoslovakia.

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Albania's Economic Chaos

How the collapse of 'pyramid' investment schemes caused riots in Albania in 1977

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Death in the Amazon

Auca tribesmen killed five American missionaries in the jungle in January 1956.

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Turkey's Headscarf Row

In 1999 a Turkish woman MP appeared in parliament wearing a headscarf. It caused uproar.

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The Zimmermann Telegram

How British code-breakers exposed a German plot against the United States in 1917

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Chicago's Police Torture

A victim of abuse at the hands of the Chicago police tells his story.

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Princess Diana's Minefield Walk

How Britain's most famous Royal brought the danger landmines to the world's attention.

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US Presidential Transitions

What exactly goes on during the months between election and inauguration?

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The End of El Salvador's Civil War

A former Salvadoran guerrilla fighter talks about her experience of war and peace.

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The Murder of Journalist Hrant Dink

The Turkish Armenian journalist was shot dead in January 2007 in front of his office.

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Dadaab: The World's Largest Refugee Camp

How one young woman fled war in Somalia to grow up in Kenya's massive refugee camp

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Roots - The TV Series

The epic mini-series about slavery in the USA hit TV screens in January 1977

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Dungeons and Dragons

The fantasy role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons launched in January 1974.

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Microwave Ovens

Microwave ovens for domestic kitchens first became widely available in 1967.

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The Atocha Lawyers Massacre in Spain

In early 1977 far-right gunmen killed five people at a law firm in Atocha Street, Madrid

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Roald Dahl's Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl's book, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, was published in January 1964

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The 'Aboriginal Tent Embassy'

On 26 January 1972 four Aboriginal men began a protest about land rights in Australia

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Desert Island Discs at 75

The story of the 成人快手's longest-running radio programme.

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Sexual Harassment in India

The first time a case of sexual harassment came to court in India.

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