1472 Episodo

  1. Awaji Kannon: One of the world's tallest statues

    Publicado: 5/4/2023

  2. Pan-European picnic

    Publicado: 4/4/2023

  3. Escaping national service in Eritrea

    Publicado: 3/4/2023

  4. A Brief History of Time

    Publicado: 31/3/2023

  5. The first photo sent from a phone

    Publicado: 30/3/2023

  6. Godfather of manicures

    Publicado: 29/3/2023

  7. How Bengaluru became India’s Silicon Valley

    Publicado: 28/3/2023

  8. The windmill that revolutionised wind power

    Publicado: 27/3/2023

  9. Keiko: Freeing 'Free Willy'

    Publicado: 24/3/2023

  10. The man who lived in an airport

    Publicado: 23/3/2023

  11. DDLJ: India’s longest running movie

    Publicado: 22/3/2023

  12. Alcatraz: The strangest escape

    Publicado: 21/3/2023

  13. Kieu Chinh: A real Hollywood story

    Publicado: 20/3/2023

  14. Iraq War: US security guards killed my son

    Publicado: 17/3/2023

  15. Iraq War: The capture of Saddam Hussein

    Publicado: 16/3/2023

  16. Iraq War: 'Most wanted' playing cards

    Publicado: 15/3/2023

  17. Iraq War: Refugees escaping

    Publicado: 14/3/2023

  18. Iraq War: The beginning

    Publicado: 13/3/2023

  19. From a goddess to a graduate

    Publicado: 10/3/2023

  20. Monica McWilliams’ role in the Northern Ireland peace process

    Publicado: 9/3/2023

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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.

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