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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 last of the Mau Mau fighters12 Aug 2026
  2. Treetops: The day a princess became a queen11 Aug 2026
  3. Finding the den of the Tsavo man-eaters10 Aug 2026
  4. The origins of the all-inclusive holiday7 Aug 2026
  5. When Taiwan’s ‘White Terror’ ended6 Aug 2026
  6. Ashley Kriel: South Africa's anti-apartheid 'Che Guevara'5 Aug 2026
  7. The first carbon offset4 Aug 2026
  8. City of God: The film that reshaped global cinema3 Aug 2026
  9. The cellist who survived Auschwitz-Birkenau31 Jul 2026
  10. 'I organised the first Comic Con'30 Jul 2026