Witness History
En podkast av BBC World Service
1472 Episoder
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Mallory’s body discovered on Everest
Publisert: 31.5.2023 -
Tenzing Norgay conquers Everest
Publisert: 30.5.2023 -
Edmund Hillary conquers Everest
Publisert: 29.5.2023 -
The deadliest glacial avalanche in the world
Publisert: 26.5.2023 -
Trying to unite Africa
Publisert: 25.5.2023 -
Chasing the world’s biggest tornado
Publisert: 24.5.2023 -
Fikret Alić
Publisert: 23.5.2023 -
The sergeants' coup in Suriname
Publisert: 22.5.2023 -
Pippi Longstocking
Publisert: 19.5.2023 -
Creating New Zealand's national walking trail
Publisert: 18.5.2023 -
The Dambusters
Publisert: 17.5.2023 -
German child evacuees of World War Two
Publisert: 16.5.2023 -
Singapore executes Filipina maid
Publisert: 15.5.2023 -
World War II victory in North Africa
Publisert: 12.5.2023 -
Warsaw Ghetto uprising
Publisert: 11.5.2023 -
The last commercial flight out of Kai Tak
Publisert: 10.5.2023 -
The sinking of the SS Tilawa: the ‘Indian Titanic’
Publisert: 9.5.2023 -
United States bomb the Chinese embassy in Belgrade
Publisert: 8.5.2023 -
The removal of Scotland's Stone of Destiny
Publisert: 5.5.2023 -
Last King of Bulgaria
Publisert: 4.5.2023
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.
