Witness History
En podkast av BBC World Service
1518 Episoder
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Festival of Light
Publisert: 23.9.2022 -
Iran-Iraq War begins
Publisert: 22.9.2022 -
The first Pope to visit Africa
Publisert: 21.9.2022 -
Ancient fossils give new insight
Publisert: 20.9.2022 -
World War Two child evacuees in Britain
Publisert: 19.9.2022 -
The last days of Queen Victoria
Publisert: 16.9.2022 -
When the Queen opened Buckingham Palace
Publisert: 15.9.2022 -
Windsor Castle fire
Publisert: 14.9.2022 -
Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation Derby
Publisert: 13.9.2022 -
The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
Publisert: 12.9.2022 -
The car that charmed Brazil
Publisert: 10.9.2022 -
The Candelaria child massacre
Publisert: 8.9.2022 -
Building of Brasilia
Publisert: 7.9.2022 -
The murder that shocked Brazil
Publisert: 6.9.2022 -
Doomed hero of Brazilian democracy
Publisert: 5.9.2022 -
Mikhail Gorbachev: Release of Irina Ratushinskaya
Publisert: 2.9.2022 -
Mikhail Gorbachev: Perestroika
Publisert: 1.9.2022 -
Princess Diana dances with John Travolta
Publisert: 31.8.2022 -
The 'Last Indian'
Publisert: 30.8.2022 -
Marikana Massacre
Publisert: 29.8.2022
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.
