Witness History
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.
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- Wangari Maathai: The first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize 2025.10.21
- The British oil tanker sunk in Indonesia 2025.10.20
- My aunt created The Moomins 2025.10.17
- Helen Fielding: The creator of Bridget Jones 2025.10.16
- The trial of Soviet writers Daniel and Sinyavsky 2025.10.15
- Jorge Luis Borges: 'Father' of Latin American fiction 2025.10.14
- Wallander and the rise of Nordic Noir 2025.10.13
- How BRICS got its name 2025.10.10
- Japan surrenders in Beijing 2025.10.09
- The remote island that was evacuated to 10,000km away 2025.10.08
- 'I designed the Indian rupee symbol' 2025.10.07
- The home video war 2025.10.06
- The acquittal of OJ Simpson 2025.10.03
- 'I took the famous photo of JFK and his son' 2025.10.02
- The strike that shook up India's tea industry 2025.10.01
- The birth of the Excel spreadsheet 2025.09.30
- The Cradock Four killings 2025.09.29
- Guinea stadium massacre 2025.09.26
- The secretary who made millions from her typos 2025.09.25
- DDLJ: India’s longest-running film 2025.09.24
