1493 Episodes

  1. Reforming the Catholic Church with Vatican II

    Published: 07/02/2023

  2. How a Pope is chosen

    Published: 06/02/2023

  3. The first black music station in Europe

    Published: 03/02/2023

  4. The assassination of Burundian President Melchior Ndadaye

    Published: 02/02/2023

  5. Columbia space shuttle disaster

    Published: 01/02/2023

  6. Czechoslovakia's 'Velvet Divorce'

    Published: 31/01/2023

  7. Palestine Post bombing

    Published: 30/01/2023

  8. Invention of the MP3

    Published: 27/01/2023

  9. Albert Pierrepoint: Britain's executioner

    Published: 26/01/2023

  10. Smolensk air disaster

    Published: 25/01/2023

  11. Japanese death row guard

    Published: 24/01/2023

  12. When Britain tried to censor the Troubles in Northern Ireland

    Published: 23/01/2023

  13. Swine flu vaccine and narcolepsy

    Published: 20/01/2023

  14. France's nuclear tests in Algeria

    Published: 19/01/2023

  15. Kosovo’s house schools

    Published: 18/01/2023

  16. Europe's horse meat scandal

    Published: 17/01/2023

  17. Miracle on the Hudson

    Published: 16/01/2023

  18. World’s first tidal power station

    Published: 13/01/2023

  19. Galápagos Islands’ sea cucumber dispute

    Published: 12/01/2023

  20. Paul Robeson and the transatlantic phone line

    Published: 11/01/2023

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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 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.

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