<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 | ||
| The Arrest in London of Augusto Pinochet | 2018-10-23 | ||
| Desmond Tutu Wins the Nobel Peace Prize | 2018-10-22 | ||
| When Belgium Banned Coca-Cola | 2018-10-19 | ||
| The Pergau Dam Affair | 2018-10-18 | ||
| Brazil's Hidden War in the Amazon | 2018-10-17 | ||
| The 1973 Oil Crisis | 2018-10-16 | ||
| Fighting Mount Etna | 2018-10-15 | ||
| Archbishop Oscar Romero | 2018-10-12 | ||
| Austria at War | 2018-10-11 | ||
| The Nazi Black Book | 2018-10-10 | ||
| Anti-traveller Riots in Sweden | 2018-10-09 | ||
| Reform of the House of Lords | 2018-10-08 | ||
| Howl: The Poem That Revolutionised US Writing | 2018-10-05 | ||
| The Soviet Union's Fashion Revolutionary | 2018-10-04 | ||
| The Invention of Artificial Skin | 2018-10-03 | ||
| The Street Battle That Rocked Brazil | 2018-10-02 | ||
| Racial Equality in Britain - Learie Constantine | 2018-10-01 | ||
| The Bridge Which United Sweden and Denmark | 2018-09-28 | ||
| Fighting in the Iran-Iraq War | 2018-09-27 | ||
| The Creation of the Cervical Cancer Vaccine | 2018-09-26 |