Witness History
En podcast af BBC World Service
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1259 Episoder
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Colombia's 'false positives' killings
Udgivet: 21.12.2022 -
The BBC broadcasting through the Iron Curtain
Udgivet: 20.12.2022 -
Una Marson and the BBC Caribbean Service
Udgivet: 19.12.2022 -
Felix Baumgartner's huge leap
Udgivet: 16.12.2022 -
Soviet fashionista
Udgivet: 15.12.2022 -
Returning to District Six
Udgivet: 14.12.2022 -
The Nazi occupation of Jersey
Udgivet: 13.12.2022 -
Mongolian revolution
Udgivet: 12.12.2022 -
Creating Teletubbies
Udgivet: 9.12.2022 -
'The Dismissal' of Gough Whitlam
Udgivet: 8.12.2022 -
The killing of Jean Charles de Menezes
Udgivet: 7.12.2022 -
Demolishing the Babri Masjid
Udgivet: 6.12.2022 -
Quebec’s 1995 referendum
Udgivet: 5.12.2022 -
Miss World protest
Udgivet: 2.12.2022 -
The woman who smuggled HIV into Bulgaria in her handbag
Udgivet: 1.12.2022 -
The islands Japan and Russia can’t agree on
Udgivet: 30.11.2022 -
CrossFit: The fitness phenomenon that changed the industry
Udgivet: 29.11.2022 -
Mombasa terror attacks
Udgivet: 28.11.2022 -
How cat's eyes were invented
Udgivet: 25.11.2022 -
The corruption and sodomy trials of Anwar Ibrahim
Udgivet: 24.11.2022
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.