Witness History
En podcast af BBC World Service
1472 Episoder
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Mallory’s body discovered on Everest
Udgivet: 31.5.2023 -
Tenzing Norgay conquers Everest
Udgivet: 30.5.2023 -
Edmund Hillary conquers Everest
Udgivet: 29.5.2023 -
The deadliest glacial avalanche in the world
Udgivet: 26.5.2023 -
Trying to unite Africa
Udgivet: 25.5.2023 -
Chasing the world’s biggest tornado
Udgivet: 24.5.2023 -
Fikret Alić
Udgivet: 23.5.2023 -
The sergeants' coup in Suriname
Udgivet: 22.5.2023 -
Pippi Longstocking
Udgivet: 19.5.2023 -
Creating New Zealand's national walking trail
Udgivet: 18.5.2023 -
The Dambusters
Udgivet: 17.5.2023 -
German child evacuees of World War Two
Udgivet: 16.5.2023 -
Singapore executes Filipina maid
Udgivet: 15.5.2023 -
World War II victory in North Africa
Udgivet: 12.5.2023 -
Warsaw Ghetto uprising
Udgivet: 11.5.2023 -
The last commercial flight out of Kai Tak
Udgivet: 10.5.2023 -
The sinking of the SS Tilawa: the ‘Indian Titanic’
Udgivet: 9.5.2023 -
United States bomb the Chinese embassy in Belgrade
Udgivet: 8.5.2023 -
The removal of Scotland's Stone of Destiny
Udgivet: 5.5.2023 -
Last King of Bulgaria
Udgivet: 4.5.2023
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 the death of Adolf Hitler, the first spacewalk and the making of the movie Jaws, to celebrity tortoise Lonesome George, the Kobe earthquake and the invention of superglue. We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: Eva Peron – Argentina’s Evita; President Ronald Reagan and his famous ‘tear down this wall’ speech; Thomas Keneally on why he wrote Schindler’s List; and Jacques Derrida, France’s ‘rock star’ philosopher. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the civil rights swimming protest; the disastrous D-Day rehearsal ; and the death of one of the world’s oldest languages.
