Witness History Podcast
History as told by the people who were there.
Episodes to download
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The Shipbuilders' Clydeside "Work-In"
Fri 29 Jul 2011
How Scottish workers took over their shipyards and warded off the threat of closure
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Picasso
Thu 28 Jul 2011
Sixty years ago a young art historian got to know the greatest painter in the world
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Christian the Lion
Wed 27 Jul 2011
The story of two Australians who berfriended a lion in London, and freed him in Africa
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The Kitchen Debate
Mon 25 Jul 2011
In July 1959, two Cold War leaders argued over whose system was best
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Moroccan exodus
Fri 22 Jul 2011
In 1961 hundreds of Jewish children were smuggled from Morocco to Israel
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Libyan prison massacre
Thu 21 Jul 2011
In 1996 over a thousand prisoners were killed at a jail in Tripoli
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The Genoa riots of 2001
Wed 20 Jul 2011
It is 10 years since protests against a G8 summit turned violent on the streets of Genoa
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Rupert Murdoch, the early years
Tue 19 Jul 2011
Rupert Murdoch's career in the media began in the Australian town of Adelaide in the 1950s
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The death of Tom Simpson
Mon 18 Jul 2011
In July 1967 British cyclist Tom Simpson, rode himself to death on the Tour de France
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The opening of Disneyland
Fri 15 Jul 2011
In July 1955 the first ever Disney theme park was opened in California
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The Crusaders capture Jerusalem
Thu 14 Jul 2011
The tale of the momentous and bloody capture of Jerusalem by the Crusaders in 1099
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Battle of Britain
Wed 13 Jul 2011
A Battle of Britain pilot reflects on being shot down and almost drowning in the sea
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The Srebrenica massacre
Tue 12 Jul 2011
In July 1995, Bosnian Serb fighters killed thousands of Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica
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Boycott of The Sun newspaper
Mon 11 Jul 2011
How the people of Liverpool boycotted Rupert Murdoch's Sun newspaper in the UK
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The space shuttle
Fri 8 Jul 2011
It is more than 30 years since the launch of the first space shuttle
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Bradford riots
Thu 7 Jul 2011
It is 10 years since riots engulfed the city of Bradford in the North of England
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Piper Alpha
Wed 6 Jul 2011
We hear from a survivor from the 1988 Piper Alpha oil rig disaster that killed 167 people
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Prince Charles and Princess Diana in the USA
Tue 5 Jul 2011
In 1985 the Royal couple made their first joint visit to America
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Ron Kovic - Ex US Marine and peace activist
Mon 4 Jul 2011
How ex-US Marine Ron Kovic became a peace activist after being paralysed in Vietnam
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Arthur Ashe wins Wimbledon
Fri 1 Jul 2011
In 1975 he became the first African-American man to win the tennis tournament.
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Camaron - Flamenco Legend
Thu 30 Jun 2011
How a gypsy singer called Camaron de la Isla revolutionised the world of flamenco
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Secret war in Yemen
Wed 29 Jun 2011
In the 1960s, British mercenaries joined the fighting in Yemen's civil war
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Elian Gonzalez
Tue 28 Jun 2011
The six-year-old boy caught in the middle of a tug-of-war between Miami and Havana
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President Kennedy's Visit to Ireland
Mon 27 Jun 2011
President Kennedy's emotional visit to Ireland shortly before his assassination in 1963
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Montserrat volcano
Fri 24 Jun 2011
In June 1997 the Soufriere Hills volcano erupted on the Caribbean island of Montserrat
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Fermat's Last Theorem
Thu 23 Jun 2011
Andrew Wiles on solving the problem which had intrigued mathematicians for centuries
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Operation Barbarossa
Wed 22 Jun 2011
An eyewitness account of the launch of Nazi Germany's attack on the Soviet Union
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The Voyage of the Empire Windrush
Tue 21 Jun 2011
The story of the coming of the first West Indian migrants to Britain, back in 1948
