Witness History
A podcast by BBC World Service
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1259 Episodes
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The legalisation of Solidarity
Published: 10/21/2019 -
Wangari Maathai Nobel Prize-winning environmentalist
Published: 10/18/2019 -
Britain's worst nuclear accident
Published: 10/17/2019 -
The man who fed the world
Published: 10/16/2019 -
Mexico City slashes car use
Published: 10/15/2019 -
Proving climate change: The Keeling curve
Published: 10/14/2019 -
Britain's World War Two 'Brown Babies'
Published: 10/11/2019 -
The Bristol bus boycott
Published: 10/10/2019 -
The Notting Hill riots
Published: 10/9/2019 -
The first black woman MP in Britain
Published: 10/8/2019 -
Learie Constantine - fighting racism in the UK
Published: 10/7/2019 -
China opens up to capitalism
Published: 10/4/2019 -
The 1967 Hong Kong riots
Published: 10/3/2019 -
Mao's Cultural Revolution
Published: 10/2/2019 -
My memories of Chairman Mao
Published: 10/1/2019 -
The birth of the People's Republic of China
Published: 9/30/2019 -
The death of a matador
Published: 9/27/2019 -
The Large Hadron Collider
Published: 9/26/2019 -
Fighting the Islamic State group online
Published: 9/25/2019
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.