Witness History
64 videos • 13,939 views • by BBC World Service
A history podcast from the BBC World Service. History as told by the people who were there.
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WW2 'Brown Babies': A little-known part of British 20th Century history - BBC World Service podcast
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The royal wedding that changed Japan forever - BBC World Service
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Sirimavo Bandaranaike: The world’s first woman prime minister - BBC World Service, Witness History
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From rags to riches: The story of Abu Dhabi - Witness History, BBC World Service
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How the Great London Smog of 1952 killed thousands - Witness History, BBC World Service
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Shirley Chisholm: The first black woman to run for US president - BBC World Service
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'I nearly died rowing the Atlantic' - BBC World Service
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First people to climb Everest - Witness History, BBC World Service
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Chosen to be a Kumari goddess - BBC World Service, Witness History
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How the Bristol bus boycott changed UK civil rights - Witness History, BBC World Service
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London's first black policeman: 'A job that had to be done' - BBC World Service podcast
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From the Carribbean to Britain - a journey on the Empire Windrush - BBC World Service podcast
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I led the 'Umbrella' protests - Witness History podcast, BBC World Service
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How the Higgs boson was discovered - Witness History, BBC World Service
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'I was Britain's first black headteacher' - BBC World Service
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The father of snow boarding - BBC World Service
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How Claudia Jones fought racism with the Notting Hill Carnival - BBC World Service, Witness History
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The man who brought the party to Ibiza - Witness History, BBC World Service
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Forced to flee Uganda - Witness History, BBC World Service
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The women trying to stop a nuclear war - BBC World Service
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The first sex workers' strike - Witness History, BBC World Service
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Octavia E Butler: Visionary black sci-fi writer - BBC World Service, Witness History
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The removal of Scotland's Stone of Destiny - BBC World Service
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Why was Kai Tak airport's landing so scary? - BBC World Service, Witness History
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The love story behind the Pap smear test - BBC World Service
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The Mexican island overrun by goats - BBC World Service, Witness History
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LGBT protest: 'I stormed BBC News live on air' - BBC World Service
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I helped bring down dope cheat Lance Armstrong - Witness History, BBC World Service
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The story behind Manchester's legendary Reno nightclub - Witness History, BBC World Service
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Remembering the first Gay Games - Witness History, BBC World Service
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Escaping the race riots of 1919 - Witness History, BBC World Service
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How a trip to the pub made the world safer - Witness History, BBC World Service
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Ciabatta: Born to battle the baguette - Witness History, BBC World Service
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The job that brought Sir Trevor McDonald to Britain - Witness History, BBC World Service
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Miracle on the Hudson - BBC World Service, Witness History
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The first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize - BBC World Service, Witness History
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How camel riding robots saved children's lives - Witness History, BBC World Service
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The woman who taught the West to cook Indian food - Witness History, BBC World Service
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How a mistake sparked the Zumba fitness craze - Witness History, BBC World Service
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The women who demanded wages for housework - Witness History, BBC World Service
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How an electric car dream was crushed - BBC World Service
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Rural electrification in Ireland - BBC World Service, Witness History
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How dinosaur eggs were first discovered in India - BBC World Service, Witness History podcast
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Britain's Land Girls - BBC World Service, Witness History
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The woman who invented the disposable nappy - Witness History, BBC World Service
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How we made DDLJ, India's longest-running film - BBC World Service, Witness History
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Iraq War: 'Most wanted' playing cards - BBC World Service, Witness History
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The pirate station that changed British radio - Witness History, BBC World Service
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Althea McNish: Designing fabrics for the Queen - BBC World Service
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Ms: The first magazine owned, run and written by women - BBC World Service
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The Irish Contraceptive Train - BBC World Service, Witness History
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The photographer who spent 50 years fighting to protect indigenous people - BBC World Service
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The real-life 'Queen's Gambit' - BBC World Service, Witness History
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'I started a publishing revolution' - BBC World Service
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How 'Free Willy' was set free - Witness History, BBC World Service
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I led the hunt for the Boston Marathon bombers - Witness History, BBC World Service
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The handshake in space that brought hope to the world - Witness History, BBC World Service
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How the first report from Belsen shocked the world - Witness History, BBC World Service
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