A compilation of the latest Witness History programmes.
World Service,·478 episodes
How the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh banned alcohol in 1995 plus the birth of Reddit
12 Sep 2020,·53 mins
Ian Fleming and the genesis of James Bond and the birth of the Sony Walkman
05 Sep 2020,·53 mins
The woman who fought for Nigerian independence plus the former policeman turned protestor
29 Aug 2020,·53 mins
The standoff that galvanised the US far-right; plus, growing up with Saddam Hussein.
22 Aug 2020,·53 mins
Lebanon's civil war comes to Beirut's luxury hotel district, plus the first ventilators
15 Aug 2020,·53 mins
It’s 75 years since the US dropped atomic bombs on Japan, leading to the end of WW2.
08 Aug 2020,·53 mins
Surviving the Atlantic in a liferaft, Spain's 1960s tourism boom, the death of Himmler
01 Aug 2020,·53 mins
Black Americans march on Washington, and the first Afghan women's refuge.
25 Jul 2020,·53 mins
The horrors of a so-called Social Purification project and the birth of Club Med
18 Jul 2020,·53 mins
A government report into the riots of 1967 warned that white racism was dividing America
11 Jul 2020,·53 mins
Quarantined in a TB sanatorium; looted Nazi art works and the Rolling Stones in the dock
04 Jul 2020,·53 mins
How countries from around the world dealt with economic turmoil in the 20th century.
27 Jun 2020,·53 mins
A UN sex trafficking scandal in Bosnia, the Five Stages of Grief, and Beethoven in China.
20 Jun 2020,·53 mins
Key moments in African American history - civil rights, basketball and the 3 strikes law.
13 Jun 2020,·53 mins
How a bloody revolution changed East Africa, the start of the WHO and remembering Christo
06 Jun 2020,·53 mins
South Korea's Gwangju uprising; changing the way we eat; plus protecting Congo's forests
30 May 2020,·53 mins
How criminals thrived in London during the Blitz, 3D printers and the 1980 Miami riots.
23 May 2020,·53 mins
Why it took until 1999 for Japanese women to be allowed to take the contraceptive pill.
16 May 2020,·53 mins
Eyewitness accounts of the fall of Nazi Germany and the end of World War Two in Europe.
09 May 2020,·53 mins
A million die in 1957 flu, conflict in the Galapagos islands and trees in Hiroshima.
02 May 2020,·53 mins
The grandson of the last US slave, Pakistan's welfare hero and the Deepwater disaster.
25 Apr 2020,·53 mins
50 years since the near disaster on the Apollo 13 mission to the Moon.
18 Apr 2020,·53 mins
Memories of milestones from webcams to social networks, from the iPhone to home-shopping.
11 Apr 2020,·53 mins
Trailblazing British lawyer Rose Heilbron, plus Muslims in China and a Swedish warship
04 Apr 2020,·53 mins
How an LGBTQ+ activist decided to commemorate lost friends with a quilt.
28 Mar 2020,·53 mins
Putting an observatory in space; China's cure for malaria; the "Red Scare" in Hollywood.
21 Mar 2020,·53 mins
Eyewitnesses accounts of battling deadly viruses from the 1918 flu, to Ebola and SARS.
14 Mar 2020,·53 mins
How the British army helped rebuild the German car industry after WW2.
07 Mar 2020,·53 mins
How a former prisoner fought to free her friends, an Antarctic mystery, and rebel nuns
29 Feb 2020,·53 mins
Environmentalists save the ice continent; how meditation changes the brain; Nigerian art.
22 Feb 2020,·53 mins
