The story of our times told by the people who were there. We take listeners back in time to key events in history - featuring eyewitness accounts and sounds and voices from the BBC archive.
The execution of Anne Boleyn
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In May 1536 the Queen of England was executed on the orders of her husband Henry VIII.
The Anschluss
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In March 1938 Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany - one Vienna resident remembers.
The Seven Up TV series
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In 1964 a British TV programme introduced a group of seven year olds to the viewing public
The psychiatrist and Rudolf Hess
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How a British psychiatrist examined the deputy Nazi leader after his flight to Scotland.
Paris 1968
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How student protests and workers' strikes threatened to bring down France's government.
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