1452 Episodes

  1. Executed in Stalin’s Great Terror in Georgia

    Published: 7/2/2024

  2. Subway Art: The graffiti bible

    Published: 7/1/2024

  3. I designed Hello Kitty

    Published: 6/29/2024

  4. The first CIA-backed coup in Latin America

    Published: 6/27/2024

  5. Dignitas: Founding an assisted dying society

    Published: 6/26/2024

  6. Sagrada Familia: Completing Gaudi’s vision

    Published: 6/25/2024

  7. The expulsion of the Sudeten Germans

    Published: 6/24/2024

  8. Kawarau Bridge: The first bungee jumping site in New Zealand

    Published: 6/21/2024

  9. The first mega cruise ship

    Published: 6/20/2024

  10. The beginning of Benidorm

    Published: 6/19/2024

  11. How Cancún became a tourist destination

    Published: 6/18/2024

  12. The first budget transatlantic flights

    Published: 6/17/2024

  13. Orelhão: Brazil's iconic egg-shaped telephone booth

    Published: 6/14/2024

  14. Kielland disaster

    Published: 6/13/2024

  15. The Irish shopworkers strike against apartheid

    Published: 6/12/2024

  16. Boko Haram massacre in Gwoza

    Published: 6/11/2024

  17. Nato bombs Serbian state television headquarters

    Published: 6/10/2024

  18. The Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at George Bush

    Published: 6/7/2024

  19. Saving lives on D-Day

    Published: 6/6/2024

  20. The woman whose weather report changed the date of D-Day

    Published: 6/5/2024

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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.