Witness History
A podcast by BBC World Service
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1259 Episodes
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The power of Jomo Kenyatta
Published: 9/26/2022 -
Festival of Light
Published: 9/23/2022 -
Iran-Iraq War begins
Published: 9/22/2022 -
The first Pope to visit Africa
Published: 9/21/2022 -
Ancient fossils give new insight
Published: 9/20/2022 -
World War Two child evacuees in Britain
Published: 9/19/2022 -
The last days of Queen Victoria
Published: 9/16/2022 -
When the Queen opened Buckingham Palace
Published: 9/15/2022 -
Windsor Castle fire
Published: 9/14/2022 -
Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation Derby
Published: 9/13/2022 -
The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
Published: 9/12/2022 -
The car that charmed Brazil
Published: 9/10/2022 -
The Candelaria child massacre
Published: 9/8/2022 -
Building of Brasilia
Published: 9/7/2022 -
The murder that shocked Brazil
Published: 9/6/2022 -
Doomed hero of Brazilian democracy
Published: 9/5/2022 -
Mikhail Gorbachev: Release of Irina Ratushinskaya
Published: 9/2/2022 -
Mikhail Gorbachev: Perestroika
Published: 9/1/2022 -
Princess Diana dances with John Travolta
Published: 8/31/2022 -
The 'Last Indian'
Published: 8/30/2022
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.