Witness History
En podcast af BBC World Service
1472 Episoder
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The Treaty of Rome
Udgivet: 31.1.2020 -
The first self-made female millionaire
Udgivet: 30.1.2020 -
The ancient oak tree that taught the world a lesson
Udgivet: 29.1.2020 -
Reforming India's rape laws
Udgivet: 28.1.2020 -
The Way Ahead group: Modernising the Royal Family
Udgivet: 27.1.2020 -
The frozen zoo
Udgivet: 24.1.2020 -
The discovery of whalesong
Udgivet: 23.1.2020 -
Silent Spring: A book that changed the world
Udgivet: 22.1.2020 -
How the dodo died out
Udgivet: 21.1.2020 -
The mystery of the disappearing frogs
Udgivet: 20.1.2020 -
The killing of Osama Bin Laden
Udgivet: 17.1.2020 -
The story of George Stinney Jr
Udgivet: 16.1.2020 -
The woman who negotiated peace with a rebel group
Udgivet: 15.1.2020 -
Storming the Stasi HQ
Udgivet: 14.1.2020 -
Britain's National Trust
Udgivet: 13.1.2020 -
The battle for Fallujah
Udgivet: 10.1.2020 -
The Computers for Schools revolution
Udgivet: 9.1.2020 -
The murder of environmentalist Chico Mendes
Udgivet: 8.1.2020 -
The exodus of Kashmiri Hindus
Udgivet: 7.1.2020 -
German atrocities in Poland during WW2
Udgivet: 6.1.2020
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.
