Witness History
En podkast av BBC World Service

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1416 Episoder
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When Spain's parliament was stormed
Publisert: 11.1.2021 -
The book that warned 2020 would bring disaster
Publisert: 8.1.2021 -
Sequencing the Ebola virus genome
Publisert: 7.1.2021 -
The 'strike' in space
Publisert: 6.1.2021 -
Buddhists and death row
Publisert: 5.1.2021 -
The oldest song in the world
Publisert: 4.1.2021 -
The destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas
Publisert: 1.1.2021 -
Saving the Great Barrier Reef
Publisert: 31.12.2020 -
Le Corbusier and Chandigarh
Publisert: 30.12.2020 -
The building of the Aswan Dam
Publisert: 29.12.2020 -
UNESCO and race and tolerance
Publisert: 28.12.2020 -
It's a Wonderful Life
Publisert: 25.12.2020 -
Studio Ghibli - Japan's Oscar-winning animators
Publisert: 24.12.2020 -
Satyajit Ray - India's master of film
Publisert: 23.12.2020 -
The Sound of Music
Publisert: 22.12.2020 -
The Great Dictator
Publisert: 21.12.2020 -
The GDR's Namibian children
Publisert: 18.12.2020 -
The blockade of Gibraltar
Publisert: 17.12.2020 -
British reality TV is born
Publisert: 16.12.2020 -
The birth of Bangladesh
Publisert: 15.12.2020
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.