1472 Episoder

  1. Egypt's first democratic presidential election

    Publisert: 23.6.2022
  2. The killing of Vincent Chin

    Publisert: 22.6.2022
  3. Robot Surgeon

    Publisert: 21.6.2022
  4. India's surrogacy capital

    Publisert: 20.6.2022
  5. Cambodia war crimes

    Publisert: 17.6.2022
  6. James Joyce and Ulysses

    Publisert: 16.6.2022
  7. New York's LGBT High School

    Publisert: 15.6.2022
  8. Vietnam's 'Napalm Girl'

    Publisert: 14.6.2022
  9. Holy Cross school dispute

    Publisert: 13.6.2022
  10. The Gulabi Gang

    Publisert: 10.6.2022
  11. How Sri Lanka's president survived a suicide bombing

    Publisert: 9.6.2022
  12. Saving Gabon's rainforest

    Publisert: 8.6.2022
  13. The Diary of Anne Frank

    Publisert: 7.6.2022
  14. The assassination of Bobby Kennedy

    Publisert: 6.6.2022
  15. The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

    Publisert: 3.6.2022
  16. Sarin attack in Syria

    Publisert: 2.6.2022
  17. Life in the biggest Syrian refugee camp in the world

    Publisert: 1.6.2022
  18. Civil Rights activist Ida B Wells

    Publisert: 31.5.2022
  19. The attack on Lod Airport

    Publisert: 30.5.2022
  20. Georgia O'Keeffe

    Publisert: 27.5.2022

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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.

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