Witness History
En podcast af BBC World Service
1472 Episoder
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When the Queen opened Buckingham Palace
Udgivet: 15.9.2022 -
Windsor Castle fire
Udgivet: 14.9.2022 -
Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation Derby
Udgivet: 13.9.2022 -
The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
Udgivet: 12.9.2022 -
The car that charmed Brazil
Udgivet: 10.9.2022 -
The Candelaria child massacre
Udgivet: 8.9.2022 -
Building of Brasilia
Udgivet: 7.9.2022 -
The murder that shocked Brazil
Udgivet: 6.9.2022 -
Doomed hero of Brazilian democracy
Udgivet: 5.9.2022 -
Mikhail Gorbachev: Release of Irina Ratushinskaya
Udgivet: 2.9.2022 -
Mikhail Gorbachev: Perestroika
Udgivet: 1.9.2022 -
Princess Diana dances with John Travolta
Udgivet: 31.8.2022 -
The 'Last Indian'
Udgivet: 30.8.2022 -
Marikana Massacre
Udgivet: 29.8.2022 -
India's onion election
Udgivet: 26.8.2022 -
The 'Nixon Shock' and the end of the Gold Standard
Udgivet: 25.8.2022 -
The Gay Games
Udgivet: 24.8.2022 -
Hundreds die in Darayya
Udgivet: 23.8.2022 -
Bulgaria's cash crisis
Udgivet: 22.8.2022 -
The Bard of Bengal
Udgivet: 19.8.2022
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 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.