Witness History
A podcast by BBC World Service
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1259 Episodes
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Lee Miller in Hitler's bath
Published: 6/12/2023 -
1955 Le Mans disaster
Published: 6/9/2023 -
Last communist march before Hitler
Published: 6/8/2023 -
Facial reconstruction: From mummy to murder
Published: 6/6/2023 -
Inuit children taken from families
Published: 6/5/2023 -
The first Indian woman to conquer Everest
Published: 6/2/2023 -
Tragedy on Everest
Published: 6/1/2023 -
Mallory’s body discovered on Everest
Published: 5/31/2023 -
Tenzing Norgay conquers Everest
Published: 5/30/2023 -
Edmund Hillary conquers Everest
Published: 5/29/2023 -
The deadliest glacial avalanche in the world
Published: 5/26/2023 -
Trying to unite Africa
Published: 5/25/2023 -
Chasing the world’s biggest tornado
Published: 5/24/2023 -
Fikret Alić
Published: 5/23/2023 -
The sergeants' coup in Suriname
Published: 5/22/2023 -
Pippi Longstocking
Published: 5/19/2023 -
Creating New Zealand's national walking trail
Published: 5/18/2023 -
The Dambusters
Published: 5/17/2023 -
German child evacuees of World War Two
Published: 5/16/2023 -
Singapore executes Filipina maid
Published: 5/15/2023
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 football in Brazil, the history of the ‘Indian Titanic’ and the invention of air fryers, to Public Enemy’s Fight The Power, subway art and the political crisis in Georgia. We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: visionary architect Antoni Gaudi and the design of the Sagrada Familia; Michael Jordan and his bespoke Nike trainers; Princess Diana at the Taj Mahal; and Görel Hanser, manager of legendary Swedish pop band Abba on the influence they’ve had on the music industry. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the time an Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at the President of the United States in protest of America’s occupation of Iraq; the creation of the Hollywood commercial that changed advertising forever; and the ascent of the first Aboriginal MP.