Witness History
A podcast by BBC World Service
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1259 Episodes
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The blockade of Gibraltar
Published: 12/17/2020 -
British reality TV is born
Published: 12/16/2020 -
The birth of Bangladesh
Published: 12/15/2020 -
White Christmas
Published: 12/14/2020 -
The return of the beaver
Published: 12/11/2020 -
Neanderthal cave mystery
Published: 12/10/2020 -
Chief Albert Luthuli wins the Nobel Prize for Peace
Published: 12/9/2020 -
The pioneer of 'Mountain Filming'
Published: 12/8/2020 -
The life and work of Chester Himes
Published: 12/7/2020 -
The V1 flying bomb
Published: 12/4/2020 -
The slaves who defeated Napoleon
Published: 12/2/2020 -
France's Muslim headscarf ban
Published: 12/2/2020 -
Iraq's pioneering feminist
Published: 12/1/2020 -
How Ethiopian rebels took power in 1991
Published: 11/30/2020 -
The fight for disabled rights in the UK
Published: 11/27/2020 -
Rwanda at the Paralympics
Published: 11/26/2020 -
India's campaign for disability rights
Published: 11/25/2020 -
Britain's little blue disability car
Published: 11/24/2020 -
Helen Keller
Published: 11/23/2020 -
When the Egyptian president went to Israel
Published: 11/20/2020
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.