Witness History

En podkast av BBC World Service

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1416 Episoder

  1. White Christmas

    Publisert: 14.12.2020
  2. The return of the beaver

    Publisert: 11.12.2020
  3. Neanderthal cave mystery

    Publisert: 10.12.2020
  4. Chief Albert Luthuli wins the Nobel Prize for Peace

    Publisert: 9.12.2020
  5. The pioneer of 'Mountain Filming'

    Publisert: 8.12.2020
  6. The life and work of Chester Himes

    Publisert: 7.12.2020
  7. The V1 flying bomb

    Publisert: 4.12.2020
  8. The slaves who defeated Napoleon

    Publisert: 2.12.2020
  9. France's Muslim headscarf ban

    Publisert: 2.12.2020
  10. Iraq's pioneering feminist

    Publisert: 1.12.2020
  11. How Ethiopian rebels took power in 1991

    Publisert: 30.11.2020
  12. The fight for disabled rights in the UK

    Publisert: 27.11.2020
  13. Rwanda at the Paralympics

    Publisert: 26.11.2020
  14. India's campaign for disability rights

    Publisert: 25.11.2020
  15. Britain's little blue disability car

    Publisert: 24.11.2020
  16. Helen Keller

    Publisert: 23.11.2020
  17. When the Egyptian president went to Israel

    Publisert: 20.11.2020
  18. Our Bodies, Ourselves

    Publisert: 19.11.2020
  19. America's WW2 refugee camp

    Publisert: 18.11.2020
  20. The world's first woman premier

    Publisert: 17.11.2020

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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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