Witness History

En podkast av BBC World Service

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1416 Episoder

  1. When Spain's parliament was stormed

    Publisert: 11.1.2021
  2. The book that warned 2020 would bring disaster

    Publisert: 8.1.2021
  3. Sequencing the Ebola virus genome

    Publisert: 7.1.2021
  4. The 'strike' in space

    Publisert: 6.1.2021
  5. Buddhists and death row

    Publisert: 5.1.2021
  6. The oldest song in the world

    Publisert: 4.1.2021
  7. The destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas

    Publisert: 1.1.2021
  8. Saving the Great Barrier Reef

    Publisert: 31.12.2020
  9. Le Corbusier and Chandigarh

    Publisert: 30.12.2020
  10. The building of the Aswan Dam

    Publisert: 29.12.2020
  11. UNESCO and race and tolerance

    Publisert: 28.12.2020
  12. It's a Wonderful Life

    Publisert: 25.12.2020
  13. Studio Ghibli - Japan's Oscar-winning animators

    Publisert: 24.12.2020
  14. Satyajit Ray - India's master of film

    Publisert: 23.12.2020
  15. The Sound of Music

    Publisert: 22.12.2020
  16. The Great Dictator

    Publisert: 21.12.2020
  17. The GDR's Namibian children

    Publisert: 18.12.2020
  18. The blockade of Gibraltar

    Publisert: 17.12.2020
  19. British reality TV is born

    Publisert: 16.12.2020
  20. The birth of Bangladesh

    Publisert: 15.12.2020

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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 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.

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