Witness History
En podkast av BBC World Service
1518 Episoder
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Britain's National Trust
Publisert: 13.1.2020 -
The battle for Fallujah
Publisert: 10.1.2020 -
The Computers for Schools revolution
Publisert: 9.1.2020 -
The murder of environmentalist Chico Mendes
Publisert: 8.1.2020 -
The exodus of Kashmiri Hindus
Publisert: 7.1.2020 -
German atrocities in Poland during WW2
Publisert: 6.1.2020 -
East Germany's punks
Publisert: 3.1.2020 -
Desmond's: A sitcom that changed Britain
Publisert: 2.1.2020 -
The book that predicted an end to civilisation
Publisert: 1.1.2020 -
Negotiating an end to El Salvador's civil war
Publisert: 31.12.2019 -
The Chippendales
Publisert: 30.12.2019 -
Vietnam war: Surviving the 'Christmas bombing' campaign
Publisert: 27.12.2019 -
Cirque du Soleil
Publisert: 26.12.2019 -
The secret history of Monopoly
Publisert: 25.12.2019 -
The invasion of Afghanistan
Publisert: 24.12.2019 -
Fighting cancer
Publisert: 23.12.2019 -
The creation of Abuja
Publisert: 20.12.2019 -
Bee crisis: Colony Collapse Disorder
Publisert: 19.12.2019 -
The Romanian revolution
Publisert: 18.12.2019 -
Women and the Sabarimala temple
Publisert: 17.12.2019
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.
