Witness History
En podkast av BBC World Service
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1416 Episoder
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Nato bombs Serbian state television headquarters
Publisert: 10.6.2024 -
The Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at George Bush
Publisert: 7.6.2024 -
Saving lives on D-Day
Publisert: 6.6.2024 -
The woman whose weather report changed the date of D-Day
Publisert: 5.6.2024 -
Tetris: The birth of an all-time favourite
Publisert: 4.6.2024 -
‘Panda diplomacy’: China gifts pandas to Taiwan
Publisert: 3.6.2024 -
The commercial that changed advertising: 1984
Publisert: 31.5.2024 -
The Flint water crisis
Publisert: 30.5.2024 -
The first Aboriginal MP
Publisert: 29.5.2024 -
The first ever quintuplets
Publisert: 28.5.2024 -
Carlos Lamarca: From army captain to Brazil's 'most wanted'
Publisert: 27.5.2024 -
How Air Jordans were created
Publisert: 24.5.2024 -
Imelda Marcos's famous shoe collection
Publisert: 23.5.2024 -
Adi Dassler's sports shoe obsession
Publisert: 22.5.2024 -
How a Brazilian flip-flop took over the world
Publisert: 21.5.2024 -
Bata: Pioneering shoemakers
Publisert: 20.5.2024 -
When Cuban spy Ana Montes was caught
Publisert: 17.5.2024 -
Baghdad heavy metal
Publisert: 16.5.2024 -
How nuclear testing changed politics in French Polynesia
Publisert: 15.5.2024 -
The creation of the state of Israel
Publisert: 14.5.2024
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 football in Brazil, the history of the ‘Indian Titanic’ and the invention of air fryers, to Public Enemy’s Fight The Power, subway art and the political crisis in Georgia. We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: visionary architect Antoni Gaudi and the design of the Sagrada Familia; Michael Jordan and his bespoke Nike trainers; Princess Diana at the Taj Mahal; and Görel Hanser, manager of legendary Swedish pop band Abba on the influence they’ve had on the music industry. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the time an Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at the President of the United States in protest of America’s occupation of Iraq; the creation of the Hollywood commercial that changed advertising forever; and the ascent of the first Aboriginal MP.
