Witness History
En podkast av BBC World Service
1518 Episoder
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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 -
The 'execution' of Oliver Cromwell
Publisert: 3.5.2023 -
Jean-Bédel Bokassa's coronation
Publisert: 2.5.2023 -
The king under the car park
Publisert: 1.5.2023 -
The fight to televise the Queen's Coronation
Publisert: 28.4.2023 -
The Met Gala goes global
Publisert: 27.4.2023 -
Guatemala's outspoken bishop
Publisert: 26.4.2023 -
Discovering the secrets of DNA
Publisert: 25.4.2023 -
Althea McNish: 'I designed fabrics for the Queen'
Publisert: 24.4.2023 -
The Russian man who pretended to be a dog
Publisert: 21.4.2023 -
Smoky the World War II dog hero
Publisert: 20.4.2023 -
Roselle the 9/11 guide dog
Publisert: 19.4.2023 -
The world's first labradoodle
Publisert: 18.4.2023 -
The first dog in space
Publisert: 17.4.2023 -
Richard Dimbleby describes Belsen
Publisert: 14.4.2023
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.
