Witness History
En podcast af BBC World Service
1472 Episoder
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Jaslyk – Uzbekistan’s infamous prison
Udgivet: 5.12.2019 -
The British sculptor who won over the world
Udgivet: 4.12.2019 -
Shackleton
Udgivet: 3.12.2019 -
The killing of Pablo Escobar
Udgivet: 2.12.2019 -
The first confirmed case of HIV in America
Udgivet: 29.11.2019 -
Handing back Uluru
Udgivet: 28.11.2019 -
From cakes to computers
Udgivet: 27.11.2019 -
India's economic revolution
Udgivet: 26.11.2019 -
The man who gave his voice to Stephen Hawking
Udgivet: 25.11.2019 -
Exploring Arabia's Empty Quarter
Udgivet: 22.11.2019 -
The man who got Delhi on track
Udgivet: 21.11.2019 -
I saw the soldiers who killed El Salvador's priests
Udgivet: 20.11.2019 -
The 'Woman in Gold'
Udgivet: 19.11.2019 -
The first Tasers
Udgivet: 18.11.2019 -
The first Indian to win Miss World
Udgivet: 15.11.2019 -
The Love Canal disaster
Udgivet: 14.11.2019 -
The demolition of the Babri Masjid
Udgivet: 13.11.2019 -
Cap Anamur: A rescue that led to jail
Udgivet: 12.11.2019 -
Memories of Wilfred Owen
Udgivet: 11.11.2019 -
The concert that rocked the Berlin Wall
Udgivet: 8.11.2019
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.
