Witness History
A podcast by BBC World Service
1472 Episodes
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The Juliet letters
Published: 14/02/2024 -
Patty Hearst: Rebel heiress
Published: 13/02/2024 -
The WW2 escape line that fooled the Nazis
Published: 12/02/2024 -
The Battle of Versailles: Catwalk clash of American and French fashion
Published: 09/02/2024 -
How Rosa Parks took a stand against racism
Published: 08/02/2024 -
Lucha Reyes: Peruvian music star
Published: 07/02/2024 -
A young mother saved from death by stoning
Published: 06/02/2024 -
Queen of the 'fro
Published: 05/02/2024 -
First internet cafe
Published: 01/02/2024 -
The Arctic’s doomsday seed vault
Published: 31/01/2024 -
Brazil's Landless Workers Movement
Published: 30/01/2024 -
Silenced by the Vatican
Published: 29/01/2024 -
Jack Strong aka Ryszard Kukliński: Cold War traitor or hero?
Published: 26/01/2024 -
The Hungarian footballer executed for love
Published: 25/01/2024 -
Wang Jingwei: China’s traitor or protector?
Published: 24/01/2024 -
Axis Sally: World War II traitor who broadcast for the Nazis
Published: 23/01/2024 -
Vidkun Quisling: Norway's traitor
Published: 22/01/2024 -
Jamuna Tudu: The real life 'Lady Tarzan'
Published: 19/01/2024 -
Ibadan Zoo
Published: 18/01/2024 -
Tortured in Iran's Evin Prison
Published: 17/01/2024
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.
