Witness History
A podcast by BBC World Service
1511 Episodio
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Celtic Tiger: Ireland's 'ghost estates'
Pubblicato: 24/08/2023 -
The first Rose of Tralee
Pubblicato: 23/08/2023 -
How electricity came to rural Ireland
Pubblicato: 22/08/2023 -
Easter Rising in Ireland
Pubblicato: 21/08/2023 -
The Wizard of Oz: The stolen ruby slippers
Pubblicato: 18/08/2023 -
Judy Garland: The final shows
Pubblicato: 17/08/2023 -
Returning Benin Bronzes
Pubblicato: 16/08/2023 -
Iran: How the prime minister was overthrown in 1953
Pubblicato: 15/08/2023 -
The boy who discovered a new species of human ancestor
Pubblicato: 14/08/2023 -
Jean-Michel Basquiat bursts onto the New York art scene
Pubblicato: 11/08/2023 -
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing's diamonds scandal
Pubblicato: 10/08/2023 -
Sarajevo’s haven of peace
Pubblicato: 09/08/2023 -
The Great Train Robbery
Pubblicato: 08/08/2023 -
Brownie Wise: The creator of Tupperware parties
Pubblicato: 07/08/2023 -
Dinosaur in court
Pubblicato: 04/08/2023 -
Treehouse on the Berlin Wall
Pubblicato: 03/08/2023 -
Birth of a new language
Pubblicato: 02/08/2023 -
First dinosaur eggs identified in India
Pubblicato: 01/08/2023 -
José Mujica: Prison break to president
Pubblicato: 31/07/2023 -
Mr Bigg's: The birth of Nigeria's iconic takeaway
Pubblicato: 28/07/2023
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.