<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. Recent episodes explore everything from the death of Adolf Hitler, the first spacewalk and the making of the movie Jaws, to celebrity tortoise Lonesome George, the Kobe earthquake and the invention of superglue. We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: Eva Peron – Argentina’s Evita; President Ronald Reagan and his famous ‘tear down this wall’ speech; Thomas Keneally on why he wrote Schindler’s List; and Jacques Derrida, France’s ‘rock star’ philosopher. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the civil rights swimming protest; the disastrous D-Day rehearsal ; and the death of one of the world’s oldest languages.</p>

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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
Isadora Duncan - Dance Pioneer 2018-09-25
The South African Army In Lesotho 2018-09-24
Brazil's Nuclear Accident 2018-09-21
The Arnhem Parachute Drop 2018-09-20
The Battle of Algiers 2018-09-20
The Cuban Five 2018-09-18
The Fifteen Guinea Special 2018-09-17
The Truth About Crop Circles 2018-09-14
How I Survived a Fire on a Plane 2018-09-13
The Killing of Steve Biko 2018-09-12
Appeasement 2018-09-11
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