Witness History
En podcast af BBC World Service
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1259 Episoder
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The unlawful death of Christopher Alder
Udgivet: 7.10.2021 -
A Somali sailor in 1920s Britain
Udgivet: 6.10.2021 -
Britain's World War Two 'Brown Babies'
Udgivet: 5.10.2021 -
London's first black policeman
Udgivet: 4.10.2021 -
The Tanker War
Udgivet: 1.10.2021 -
Petra Kelly and the German Greens
Udgivet: 30.9.2021 -
'Mad cow disease' and CJD
Udgivet: 29.9.2021 -
Photographing Brazil's Yanomami
Udgivet: 28.9.2021 -
The rise of the Taliban
Udgivet: 27.9.2021 -
Kenya: Westgate Mall attack
Udgivet: 24.9.2021 -
James Bond on screen
Udgivet: 23.9.2021 -
The poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko
Udgivet: 22.9.2021 -
Mexico's miracle water
Udgivet: 21.9.2021 -
Jackie Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis
Udgivet: 20.9.2021 -
The Peter Principle
Udgivet: 17.9.2021 -
Christiania: Copenhagen’s hippy commune
Udgivet: 16.9.2021 -
The earthquake that devastated Haiti
Udgivet: 15.9.2021 -
The lost king of France
Udgivet: 14.9.2021 -
The Attica prison rebellion
Udgivet: 13.9.2021 -
9/11: The backlash against American Muslims
Udgivet: 10.9.2021
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.