Witness History
Un pódcast de BBC World Service
1496 Episodo
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Saving Guadalupe from goats
Publicado: 31/8/2023 -
Egypt's Rabaa massacre
Publicado: 30/8/2023 -
North and South Korean leaders meet for the first time in decades
Publicado: 29/8/2023 -
The Bristol bus boycott
Publicado: 28/8/2023 -
Women invade Dublin's male-only swimming spot
Publicado: 25/8/2023 -
Celtic Tiger: Ireland's 'ghost estates'
Publicado: 24/8/2023 -
The first Rose of Tralee
Publicado: 23/8/2023 -
How electricity came to rural Ireland
Publicado: 22/8/2023 -
Easter Rising in Ireland
Publicado: 21/8/2023 -
The Wizard of Oz: The stolen ruby slippers
Publicado: 18/8/2023 -
Judy Garland: The final shows
Publicado: 17/8/2023 -
Returning Benin Bronzes
Publicado: 16/8/2023 -
Iran: How the prime minister was overthrown in 1953
Publicado: 15/8/2023 -
The boy who discovered a new species of human ancestor
Publicado: 14/8/2023 -
Jean-Michel Basquiat bursts onto the New York art scene
Publicado: 11/8/2023 -
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing's diamonds scandal
Publicado: 10/8/2023 -
Sarajevo’s haven of peace
Publicado: 9/8/2023 -
The Great Train Robbery
Publicado: 8/8/2023 -
Brownie Wise: The creator of Tupperware parties
Publicado: 7/8/2023 -
Dinosaur in court
Publicado: 4/8/2023
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.
