Witness History
En podcast af BBC World Service
1518 Episoder
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I led the hunt for the Boston Marathon bombers
Udgivet: 13.4.2023 -
Mass grave at Sernyky
Udgivet: 12.4.2023 -
The universal recycling symbol
Udgivet: 11.4.2023 -
Emperor Tewodros II
Udgivet: 10.4.2023 -
The Good Friday Agreement referendum
Udgivet: 7.4.2023 -
Beto Perez: 'I created Zumba by accident'
Udgivet: 6.4.2023 -
Awaji Kannon: One of the world's tallest statues
Udgivet: 5.4.2023 -
Pan-European picnic
Udgivet: 4.4.2023 -
Escaping national service in Eritrea
Udgivet: 3.4.2023 -
A Brief History of Time
Udgivet: 31.3.2023 -
The first photo sent from a phone
Udgivet: 30.3.2023 -
Godfather of manicures
Udgivet: 29.3.2023 -
How Bengaluru became India’s Silicon Valley
Udgivet: 28.3.2023 -
The windmill that revolutionised wind power
Udgivet: 27.3.2023 -
Keiko: Freeing 'Free Willy'
Udgivet: 24.3.2023 -
The man who lived in an airport
Udgivet: 23.3.2023 -
DDLJ: India’s longest running movie
Udgivet: 22.3.2023 -
Alcatraz: The strangest escape
Udgivet: 21.3.2023 -
Kieu Chinh: A real Hollywood story
Udgivet: 20.3.2023 -
Iraq War: US security guards killed my son
Udgivet: 17.3.2023
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.
