Witness History
En podkast av BBC World Service
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1416 Episoder
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The miracle of walking
Publisert: 1.11.2021 -
Kilimanjaro: Africa’s disappearing glaciers
Publisert: 29.10.2021 -
The child climate activist of the 1990s
Publisert: 28.10.2021 -
How the world woke up to climate change
Publisert: 27.10.2021 -
The world's first environment conference
Publisert: 26.10.2021 -
Proving climate change: the 'Keeling Curve'
Publisert: 25.10.2021 -
Britain’s lesbian families ‘scandal’
Publisert: 22.10.2021 -
The Greenham Common women's peace camp
Publisert: 21.10.2021 -
Polish refugees in Africa
Publisert: 20.10.2021 -
The mysterious death of Samora Machel
Publisert: 19.10.2021 -
The first transgender minister in the Church of England
Publisert: 18.10.2021 -
The doctor killed by an anti-abortion extremist
Publisert: 15.10.2021 -
The Pakistani law that jailed rape survivors
Publisert: 14.10.2021 -
The story of 'Baby Jessica'
Publisert: 13.10.2021 -
Colin Jordan and the British Nazi rally
Publisert: 12.10.2021 -
Winning the Arabic Booker prize
Publisert: 11.10.2021 -
Clyde Best - A black footballing pioneer
Publisert: 8.10.2021 -
The unlawful death of Christopher Alder
Publisert: 7.10.2021 -
A Somali sailor in 1920s Britain
Publisert: 6.10.2021 -
Britain's World War Two 'Brown Babies'
Publisert: 5.10.2021
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 football in Brazil, the history of the ‘Indian Titanic’ and the invention of air fryers, to Public Enemy’s Fight The Power, subway art and the political crisis in Georgia. We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: visionary architect Antoni Gaudi and the design of the Sagrada Familia; Michael Jordan and his bespoke Nike trainers; Princess Diana at the Taj Mahal; and Görel Hanser, manager of legendary Swedish pop band Abba on the influence they’ve had on the music industry. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the time an Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at the President of the United States in protest of America’s occupation of Iraq; the creation of the Hollywood commercial that changed advertising forever; and the ascent of the first Aboriginal MP.
