Witness History
Ein Podcast von BBC World Service
1511 Folgen
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Desmond's: A sitcom that changed Britain
Vom: 2.1.2020 -
The book that predicted an end to civilisation
Vom: 1.1.2020 -
Negotiating an end to El Salvador's civil war
Vom: 31.12.2019 -
The Chippendales
Vom: 30.12.2019 -
Vietnam war: Surviving the 'Christmas bombing' campaign
Vom: 27.12.2019 -
Cirque du Soleil
Vom: 26.12.2019 -
The secret history of Monopoly
Vom: 25.12.2019 -
The invasion of Afghanistan
Vom: 24.12.2019 -
Fighting cancer
Vom: 23.12.2019 -
The creation of Abuja
Vom: 20.12.2019 -
Bee crisis: Colony Collapse Disorder
Vom: 19.12.2019 -
The Romanian revolution
Vom: 18.12.2019 -
Women and the Sabarimala temple
Vom: 17.12.2019 -
Black GIs during World War Two
Vom: 16.12.2019 -
The attack on India's parliament
Vom: 13.12.2019 -
The killing of Amadou Diallo
Vom: 12.12.2019 -
The IRA siege at Balcombe Street
Vom: 10.12.2019 -
The battle of the Louvre pyramid
Vom: 9.12.2019 -
The Cuban writer who defied Fidel Castro
Vom: 6.12.2019 -
Jaslyk – Uzbekistan’s infamous prison
Vom: 5.12.2019
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.
