Witness History
A podcast by BBC World Service
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1259 Episodes
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China's Democracy Wall
Published: 5/14/2021 -
The trial of South Africa’s 'Dr Death'
Published: 5/13/2021 -
The Jewish exodus from Iraq
Published: 5/12/2021 -
Legalising contraception in Ireland
Published: 5/11/2021 -
Why a British MP was filmed taking mescaline
Published: 5/10/2021 -
The Great Wine Fraud
Published: 5/6/2021 -
Ursula Le Guin
Published: 5/5/2021 -
The IRA hunger strikes
Published: 5/4/2021 -
How Amsterdam became the cannabis smoking capital of Europe
Published: 5/3/2021 -
The killing of Osama Bin Laden
Published: 4/30/2021 -
The battle of Tora Bora
Published: 4/29/2021 -
The Nairobi US Embassy bombing
Published: 4/28/2021 -
Meeting Osama bin Laden
Published: 4/27/2021 -
The siege of Mecca
Published: 4/26/2021 -
The first space shuttle mission
Published: 4/23/2021 -
How the NRA became a US political lobbying giant
Published: 4/22/2021 -
The Raymond Davis Incident
Published: 4/21/2021 -
The return of Blue Lake
Published: 4/20/2021 -
The Eichmann trial
Published: 4/19/2021 -
China's 'Kingdom of women'
Published: 4/16/2021
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.