Witness History
En podkast av BBC World Service
1496 Episoder
-
The Assam-Tibet earthquake
Publisert: 6.8.2025 -
When Stalin silenced Shostakovich
Publisert: 5.8.2025 -
Nagasaki bomb
Publisert: 4.8.2025 -
Trailer. 13 Minutes Presents: The Space Shuttle
Publisert: 3.8.2025 -
Japan's record-breaking rollercoaster
Publisert: 1.8.2025 -
Chuquicamata: Chile's abandoned mining town
Publisert: 31.7.2025 -
Cleveland Balloonfest '86
Publisert: 30.7.2025 -
Eta’s assassination of Juan Mari Jáuregui
Publisert: 29.7.2025 -
The Russian revolutionaries nearly stranded in London
Publisert: 28.7.2025 -
A Chorus Line
Publisert: 25.7.2025 -
The invention of Kevlar
Publisert: 24.7.2025 -
President Clinton plays the sax in Prague
Publisert: 23.7.2025 -
The killing of Jean Charles de Menezes
Publisert: 22.7.2025 -
Irawati Karve: India’s groundbreaking anthropologist
Publisert: 21.7.2025 -
Italo disco
Publisert: 18.7.2025 -
The 'Turbot War'
Publisert: 17.7.2025 -
Greece’s debt crisis
Publisert: 16.7.2025 -
The Iran nuclear deal
Publisert: 15.7.2025 -
The start of Voice of America
Publisert: 14.7.2025 -
The man who said ‘no’ to Disney
Publisert: 11.7.2025
Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups, scientific discoveries, cultural moments and much more. Recent episodes explore everything from the death of Adolf Hitler, the first spacewalk and the making of the movie Jaws, to celebrity tortoise Lonesome George, the Kobe earthquake and the invention of superglue. We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: Eva Peron – Argentina’s Evita; President Ronald Reagan and his famous ‘tear down this wall’ speech; Thomas Keneally on why he wrote Schindler’s List; and Jacques Derrida, France’s ‘rock star’ philosopher. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the civil rights swimming protest; the disastrous D-Day rehearsal ; and the death of one of the world’s oldest languages.
