Witness History Podcast
History as told by the people who were there.
Episodes to download
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The first flight of Concorde
Thu 1 Mar 2012
On 2 March 1969 the supersonic airliner took to the skies for the first time.
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The assassination of Georgi Markov
Tue 28 Feb 2012
The Bulgarian dissident was attacked with a poisoned umbrella on his way to Bush House.
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The killing of Olof Palme
Mon 27 Feb 2012
On 28 February 1986, the Swedish Prime Minister was killed on a Stockholm street.
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Mary Quant and the miniskirt
Sun 26 Feb 2012
A 2012 episode looks back at the work of the pioneering designer, who has died aged 93
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From the silent screen to talkies
Thu 23 Feb 2012
In the late 1920s Hollywood made the change from silent films to movies with soundtracks.
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The Damascus Spring
Wed 22 Feb 2012
Twelve years ago Syria experienced a brief burst of political openness.
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Moose Murders
Tue 21 Feb 2012
Nearly 30 years ago Moose Murders made history as the biggest flop ever on Broadway.
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Nixon in China
Mon 20 Feb 2012
It is 40 years since the US President went to China and met Chairman Mao.
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Sucked out of a Plane
Sun 19 Feb 2012
In February 1989, nine people were sucked out of a plane over the Pacific Ocean.
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Japanese internment
Fri 17 Feb 2012
In February 1942 all Japanese Americans were ordered to internment camps.
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The bombing of Darwin
Thu 16 Feb 2012
In February 1942 Japan launched the largest ever attack against Australia.
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The Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan
Wed 15 Feb 2012
On 15 February 1989, the last Soviet soldiers rolled out of Afghanistan.
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Sister Dorothy Stang
Mon 13 Feb 2012
In February 2005 a Catholic nun working in the Amazon was murdered.
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The Stolen Generation
Sun 12 Feb 2012
Debra Hocking was taken from her indigenous Australian family as a baby.
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Deep Blue versus Kasparov
Thu 9 Feb 2012
It was the first time a computer had beaten a reigning world champion chess player.
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50 years of Silicone Breast Implants
Wed 8 Feb 2012
In 1962 Timmie Jean Lindsey became the first woman in the world to have the operation.
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Charonne Metro deaths
Tue 7 Feb 2012
It is 50 years since nine French peace protestors died during a demonstration in Paris.
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Drugs in Mexico
Mon 6 Feb 2012
On 7 February 1985 a US drug enforcement agent was abducted in Guadalajara.
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The Hama massacre
Wed 1 Feb 2012
It is 30 years since thousands of Syrians were killed by their own army.
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Diane Blood
Tue 31 Jan 2012
Winning the chance to conceive a child using sperm from her dead husband
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Dickens in America
Mon 30 Jan 2012
How a visit to America in 1842 became a turning-point in the career of Charles Dickens.
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Bloody Sunday
Sun 29 Jan 2012
It is 40 years since 13 civil rights marchers were killed in Northern Ireland.
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The rise of Hitler
Tue 24 Jan 2012
On 25 January 1933 the last legal communist march was held in Berlin.
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Japanese soldier in hiding
Mon 23 Jan 2012
In January 1972 a Japanese soldier was found in the jungle of Guam.
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Jackson Pollock
Sun 22 Jan 2012
It is one hundred years since the great American abstract painter was born.
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The Wannsee conference
Thu 19 Jan 2012
It is 70 years since senior Nazi officials met to plan the killing of European Jews.
