Witness History
A podcast by BBC World Service
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1259 Episodes
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Colombia's 'false positives' killings
Published: 12/21/2022 -
The BBC broadcasting through the Iron Curtain
Published: 12/20/2022 -
Una Marson and the BBC Caribbean Service
Published: 12/19/2022 -
Felix Baumgartner's huge leap
Published: 12/16/2022 -
Soviet fashionista
Published: 12/15/2022 -
Returning to District Six
Published: 12/14/2022 -
The Nazi occupation of Jersey
Published: 12/13/2022 -
Mongolian revolution
Published: 12/12/2022 -
Creating Teletubbies
Published: 12/9/2022 -
'The Dismissal' of Gough Whitlam
Published: 12/8/2022 -
The killing of Jean Charles de Menezes
Published: 12/7/2022 -
Demolishing the Babri Masjid
Published: 12/6/2022 -
Quebec’s 1995 referendum
Published: 12/5/2022 -
Miss World protest
Published: 12/2/2022 -
The woman who smuggled HIV into Bulgaria in her handbag
Published: 12/1/2022 -
The islands Japan and Russia can’t agree on
Published: 11/30/2022 -
CrossFit: The fitness phenomenon that changed the industry
Published: 11/29/2022 -
Mombasa terror attacks
Published: 11/28/2022 -
How cat's eyes were invented
Published: 11/25/2022 -
The corruption and sodomy trials of Anwar Ibrahim
Published: 11/24/2022
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.