Witness History
A podcast by BBC World Service
1518 Episodes
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I led the hunt for the Boston Marathon bombers
Published: 13/04/2023 -
Mass grave at Sernyky
Published: 12/04/2023 -
The universal recycling symbol
Published: 11/04/2023 -
Emperor Tewodros II
Published: 10/04/2023 -
The Good Friday Agreement referendum
Published: 07/04/2023 -
Beto Perez: 'I created Zumba by accident'
Published: 06/04/2023 -
Awaji Kannon: One of the world's tallest statues
Published: 05/04/2023 -
Pan-European picnic
Published: 04/04/2023 -
Escaping national service in Eritrea
Published: 03/04/2023 -
A Brief History of Time
Published: 31/03/2023 -
The first photo sent from a phone
Published: 30/03/2023 -
Godfather of manicures
Published: 29/03/2023 -
How Bengaluru became India’s Silicon Valley
Published: 28/03/2023 -
The windmill that revolutionised wind power
Published: 27/03/2023 -
Keiko: Freeing 'Free Willy'
Published: 24/03/2023 -
The man who lived in an airport
Published: 23/03/2023 -
DDLJ: India’s longest running movie
Published: 22/03/2023 -
Alcatraz: The strangest escape
Published: 21/03/2023 -
Kieu Chinh: A real Hollywood story
Published: 20/03/2023 -
Iraq War: US security guards killed my son
Published: 17/03/2023
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.
