Witness History Podcast
History as told by the people who were there.
Episodes to download
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Economic crisis in Argentina
Wed 7 Dec 2011
It is 10 years since the height of the financial crisis in Argentina.
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Pearl Harbour
Tue 6 Dec 2011
It is 70 years since Japanese planes attacked the US Navy base in Hawaii.
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The Bermuda Triangle
Mon 5 Dec 2011
The story of the Bermuda Triangle began when five US Navy planes went missing in 1945.
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Ryan White
Wed 30 Nov 2011
The story of a young haemophiliac who was banned from school after testing HIV positive.
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The Winter of Discontent
Tue 29 Nov 2011
In 1979 British public sector workers went on strike over pay.
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The Battle in Seattle
Mon 28 Nov 2011
In November 1999 police battled with anti-globalisation protestors for control of Seattle.
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Plane spotters
Sun 27 Nov 2011
In November 2001 a group of British tourists were arrested and put on trial in Greece.
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Thalidomide
Thu 24 Nov 2011
Fifty years ago the drug thalidomide was found to cause serious damage to unborn children
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Ned Kelly's Last Stand
Wed 23 Nov 2011
How the infamous Australian outlaw Ned Kelly, was finally captured in 1880.
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Mobutu Sese Seko of Congo
Tue 22 Nov 2011
How Mobutu Sese Seko run a kleptocratic dictatorship in Congo for 32 years.
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Georgia's Rose Revolution
Tue 22 Nov 2011
In November 2003 a popular uprising unseated the government of Georgia.
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President Sadat of Egypt visits Israel
Sun 20 Nov 2011
How Anwar Sadat became the first Egyptian president to visit Israel in 1977.
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Kim Philby the spy
Wed 16 Nov 2011
How a Soviet agent managed to fool the British intelligence service for years.
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Cathy Come Home
Tue 15 Nov 2011
It is 45 years since a 大象传媒 TV drama changed British ideas about homelessness.
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Great Lisbon Earthquake
Tue 15 Nov 2011
How an earthquake in 1755 flattened Lisbon and led to a revolution in European thought.
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Student Uprising in Greece in 1973
Mon 14 Nov 2011
Alan Johnston reports on a student uprising against military rule in Greece in 1973.
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Oh What A Lovely War
Thu 10 Nov 2011
In the 1960s, radio and stage shows helped provoke a change in attitudes to World War I.
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San Salvador offensive
Wed 9 Nov 2011
In November 1989 the civil war in El Salvador hit the capital city.
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The Death of Leonid Brezhnev
Tue 8 Nov 2011
The Soviet leader died in November 1982 after years of ill health.
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The death of Robert Maxwell
Thu 3 Nov 2011
It is 20 years since the newspaper magnate disappeared off his yacht.
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Hungarian uprising of 1956
Wed 2 Nov 2011
Soviet tanks rolled into Budapest on 4 November 1956 ending a shortlived popular uprising.
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75 years of 大象传媒 TV
Tue 1 Nov 2011
On 2 November 1936 the first regular TV service in the world was launched by the 大象传媒.
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Keith Jarrett in Cologne
Mon 31 Oct 2011
How a jazz concert organised by a 17-year old turned into a bestselling album.
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Murder of Polish priest
Sun 30 Oct 2011
In late October 1984 the body of a Polish priest was found in a town outside Warsaw.
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Indonesian killings
Fri 28 Oct 2011
In the autumn of 1965 a purge of communist sympathisers began in Indonesia.
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The American POW who chose China
Thu 27 Oct 2011
When the Korean War ended, a few US POWs chose to stay and live under communism.
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The Joy of Sex
Wed 26 Oct 2011
It is almost 40 years since the publication of a groundbreaking book about relationships.
