Witness History
A podcast by BBC World Service
1498 Episodes
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The enduring legend of Fu Manchu
Published: 03/11/2021 -
Judgement at Nuremberg
Published: 02/11/2021 -
The miracle of walking
Published: 01/11/2021 -
Kilimanjaro: Africa’s disappearing glaciers
Published: 29/10/2021 -
The child climate activist of the 1990s
Published: 28/10/2021 -
How the world woke up to climate change
Published: 27/10/2021 -
The world's first environment conference
Published: 26/10/2021 -
Proving climate change: the 'Keeling Curve'
Published: 25/10/2021 -
Britain’s lesbian families ‘scandal’
Published: 22/10/2021 -
The Greenham Common women's peace camp
Published: 21/10/2021 -
Polish refugees in Africa
Published: 20/10/2021 -
The mysterious death of Samora Machel
Published: 19/10/2021 -
The first transgender minister in the Church of England
Published: 18/10/2021 -
The doctor killed by an anti-abortion extremist
Published: 15/10/2021 -
The Pakistani law that jailed rape survivors
Published: 14/10/2021 -
The story of 'Baby Jessica'
Published: 13/10/2021 -
Colin Jordan and the British Nazi rally
Published: 12/10/2021 -
Winning the Arabic Booker prize
Published: 11/10/2021 -
Clyde Best - A black footballing pioneer
Published: 08/10/2021 -
The unlawful death of Christopher Alder
Published: 07/10/2021
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.
