Witness History
Un pódcast de BBC World Service
1501 Episodo
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The story of George Stinney Jr
Publicado: 16/1/2020 -
The woman who negotiated peace with a rebel group
Publicado: 15/1/2020 -
Storming the Stasi HQ
Publicado: 14/1/2020 -
Britain's National Trust
Publicado: 13/1/2020 -
The battle for Fallujah
Publicado: 10/1/2020 -
The Computers for Schools revolution
Publicado: 9/1/2020 -
The murder of environmentalist Chico Mendes
Publicado: 8/1/2020 -
The exodus of Kashmiri Hindus
Publicado: 7/1/2020 -
German atrocities in Poland during WW2
Publicado: 6/1/2020 -
East Germany's punks
Publicado: 3/1/2020 -
Desmond's: A sitcom that changed Britain
Publicado: 2/1/2020 -
The book that predicted an end to civilisation
Publicado: 1/1/2020 -
Negotiating an end to El Salvador's civil war
Publicado: 31/12/2019 -
The Chippendales
Publicado: 30/12/2019 -
Vietnam war: Surviving the 'Christmas bombing' campaign
Publicado: 27/12/2019 -
Cirque du Soleil
Publicado: 26/12/2019 -
The secret history of Monopoly
Publicado: 25/12/2019 -
The invasion of Afghanistan
Publicado: 24/12/2019 -
Fighting cancer
Publicado: 23/12/2019 -
The creation of Abuja
Publicado: 20/12/2019
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.
