Witness History
A podcast by BBC World Service
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1259 Episodes
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The unlawful death of Christopher Alder
Published: 10/7/2021 -
A Somali sailor in 1920s Britain
Published: 10/6/2021 -
Britain's World War Two 'Brown Babies'
Published: 10/5/2021 -
London's first black policeman
Published: 10/4/2021 -
The Tanker War
Published: 10/1/2021 -
Petra Kelly and the German Greens
Published: 9/30/2021 -
'Mad cow disease' and CJD
Published: 9/29/2021 -
Photographing Brazil's Yanomami
Published: 9/28/2021 -
The rise of the Taliban
Published: 9/27/2021 -
Kenya: Westgate Mall attack
Published: 9/24/2021 -
James Bond on screen
Published: 9/23/2021 -
The poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko
Published: 9/22/2021 -
Mexico's miracle water
Published: 9/21/2021 -
Jackie Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis
Published: 9/20/2021 -
The Peter Principle
Published: 9/17/2021 -
Christiania: Copenhagen’s hippy commune
Published: 9/16/2021 -
The earthquake that devastated Haiti
Published: 9/15/2021 -
The lost king of France
Published: 9/14/2021 -
The Attica prison rebellion
Published: 9/13/2021 -
9/11: The backlash against American Muslims
Published: 9/10/2021
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 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.