<p>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. </p><p>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.</p>
| Title | Date published | ||
| Anti-gay police raid at Tasty nightclub | 2023-06-21 | ||
| The Somali pilot ordered to bomb his own country | 2023-06-20 | ||
| Uprising in East Germany | 2023-06-19 | ||
| Ming Smith makes history at MoMA | 2023-06-16 | ||
| Sir Don McCullin’s photo of a US marine | 2023-06-15 | ||
| Malick Sidibé: Mali’s star photographer | 2023-06-14 | ||
| A Great Day in Harlem: The story behind the iconic jazz photo | 2023-06-13 | ||
| Lee Miller in Hitler's bath | 2023-06-12 | ||
| 1955 Le Mans disaster | 2023-06-09 | ||
| Last communist march before Hitler | 2023-06-08 | ||
| Facial reconstruction: From mummy to murder | 2023-06-06 | ||
| Inuit children taken from families | 2023-06-05 | ||
| The first Indian woman to conquer Everest | 2023-06-02 | ||
| Tragedy on Everest | 2023-06-01 | ||
| Mallory on Everest | 2023-05-31 | ||
| Tenzing Norgay conquers Everest | 2023-05-30 | ||
| Edmund Hillary conquers Everest | 2023-05-29 | ||
| The deadliest glacial avalanche in the world | 2023-05-26 | ||
| Trying to unite Africa | 2023-05-25 | ||
| Chasing the world’s biggest tornado | 2023-05-24 |