Witness History
En podkast av BBC World Service
1518 Episoder
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I led the hunt for the Boston Marathon bombers
Publisert: 13.4.2023 -
Mass grave at Sernyky
Publisert: 12.4.2023 -
The universal recycling symbol
Publisert: 11.4.2023 -
Emperor Tewodros II
Publisert: 10.4.2023 -
The Good Friday Agreement referendum
Publisert: 7.4.2023 -
Beto Perez: 'I created Zumba by accident'
Publisert: 6.4.2023 -
Awaji Kannon: One of the world's tallest statues
Publisert: 5.4.2023 -
Pan-European picnic
Publisert: 4.4.2023 -
Escaping national service in Eritrea
Publisert: 3.4.2023 -
A Brief History of Time
Publisert: 31.3.2023 -
The first photo sent from a phone
Publisert: 30.3.2023 -
Godfather of manicures
Publisert: 29.3.2023 -
How Bengaluru became India’s Silicon Valley
Publisert: 28.3.2023 -
The windmill that revolutionised wind power
Publisert: 27.3.2023 -
Keiko: Freeing 'Free Willy'
Publisert: 24.3.2023 -
The man who lived in an airport
Publisert: 23.3.2023 -
DDLJ: India’s longest running movie
Publisert: 22.3.2023 -
Alcatraz: The strangest escape
Publisert: 21.3.2023 -
Kieu Chinh: A real Hollywood story
Publisert: 20.3.2023 -
Iraq War: US security guards killed my son
Publisert: 17.3.2023
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.
