Witness History
Een podcast door BBC World Service
1452 Afleveringen
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Rescuing Palmyra’s treasures from the Islamic State group
Gepubliceerd: 9-5-2025 -
VE Day celebrations
Gepubliceerd: 8-5-2025 -
Sinking of the Lusitania
Gepubliceerd: 7-5-2025 -
The invention of the automatic electric rice cooker
Gepubliceerd: 6-5-2025 -
Conclave: How a new pope is chosen
Gepubliceerd: 5-5-2025 -
Snake: Popularising mobile gaming
Gepubliceerd: 2-5-2025 -
Ten countries join the EU in one night
Gepubliceerd: 1-5-2025 -
The Cu Chi tunnels of the Vietnam War
Gepubliceerd: 30-4-2025 -
Surviving the fall of Saigon in 1975
Gepubliceerd: 29-4-2025 -
Doi Moi: Vietnam's economic miracle
Gepubliceerd: 28-4-2025 -
The death of Adolf Hitler
Gepubliceerd: 25-4-2025 -
Staging Othello in apartheid South Africa
Gepubliceerd: 24-4-2025 -
Coca-Cola’s ‘New Coke'
Gepubliceerd: 23-4-2025 -
The creation of YouTube
Gepubliceerd: 22-4-2025 -
Exercise Tiger: Disastrous D-Day rehearsal
Gepubliceerd: 21-4-2025 -
The origin of World Book Day
Gepubliceerd: 18-4-2025 -
Clearing landmines in Cambodia
Gepubliceerd: 17-4-2025 -
The Khmer Rouge take power in Cambodia
Gepubliceerd: 16-4-2025 -
The invention of the white LED lightbulb
Gepubliceerd: 16-4-2025 -
The Bali Nine drug smuggling case
Gepubliceerd: 14-4-2025
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 football in Brazil, the history of the ‘Indian Titanic’ and the invention of air fryers, to Public Enemy’s Fight The Power, subway art and the political crisis in Georgia. We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: visionary architect Antoni Gaudi and the design of the Sagrada Familia; Michael Jordan and his bespoke Nike trainers; Princess Diana at the Taj Mahal; and Görel Hanser, manager of legendary Swedish pop band Abba on the influence they’ve had on the music industry. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the time an Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at the President of the United States in protest of America’s occupation of Iraq; the creation of the Hollywood commercial that changed advertising forever; and the ascent of the first Aboriginal MP.