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Witness History

Witness History is a short BBC World Service podcast about history that takes you inside big moments from the past through first-hand testimony and archive. Each weekday, in around nine minutes, we…

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Latest episodes

  1. The Hungarian Revolution23 Oct 2026
  2. Keith Haring’s Berlin Wall mural22 Oct 2026
  3. Malta’s divorce referendum21 Oct 2026
  4. How Ten Canoes made cinema history20 Oct 2026
  5. Gerald Durrell's mission to save species from extinction19 Oct 2026
  6. Manchester City’s inflatable banana craze17 Oct 2026
  7. Declaring chimpanzees an endangered species16 Oct 2026
  8. When Dian Fossey was murdered15 Oct 2026
  9. Washoe: The chimp who learnt to sign14 Oct 2026
  10. Harry Harlow's monkey attachment studies13 Oct 2026