Witness History
Un pódcast de BBC World Service
1472 Episodo
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Bahrain's 2011 protests
Publicado: 23/12/2021 -
The right to drive in Saudi Arabia
Publicado: 22/12/2021 -
Rudolf Nureyev defects
Publicado: 21/12/2021 -
Tanzania's first elected albino MP
Publicado: 20/12/2021 -
Bangladesh wins independence
Publicado: 17/12/2021 -
On the front line in Bangladesh
Publicado: 16/12/2021 -
Rape as a weapon in Bangladesh
Publicado: 15/12/2021 -
The Bengali language movement
Publicado: 13/12/2021 -
The explosion heard by millions
Publicado: 10/12/2021 -
The Aldi kidnap
Publicado: 9/12/2021 -
Spies or plane-spotters?
Publicado: 8/12/2021 -
The V2 rocket
Publicado: 7/12/2021 -
Fighting 'virginity tests' in the Indonesian police
Publicado: 6/12/2021 -
Derek Jarman
Publicado: 3/12/2021 -
South Africa and Aids drugs
Publicado: 2/12/2021 -
AZT: The breakthrough treatment for Aids
Publicado: 1/12/2021 -
The early days of HIV/Aids
Publicado: 30/11/2021 -
The Aids 'patient zero' myth
Publicado: 29/11/2021 -
The assassination of the Mirabal sisters
Publicado: 26/11/2021 -
Estonia’s internet ‘Tiger Leap’
Publicado: 25/11/2021
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 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.
