Witness
Summary: History as told by the people who were there. Witness talks to people who lived through moments of history to bring you a personal perspective on world events. Broadcast on weekdays.
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Podcasts:
How huge crowds of Americans paid tribute to Bobby Kennedy after his assassination in 1968.
The story of one prisoner's survival in the labour camps of Stalin's Soviet Union.
12 years ago Timothy McVeigh was executed for carrying out the Oklahoma bombing in 1995
How a campaign by pioneering black activists in 1963 led to Britain's first antidiscrimination laws.
It's 60 years since Queen Elizabeth the second was crowned in a spectacular ceremony in London. Two of the six ladies who acted as her maids of honour recall the day.
80 years ago, Franklin D Roosevelt promised to rescue America from the Great Depression.
How Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tensing conquered the world's highest mountain in 1953.
It is 100 years since the ballet caused a riot on opening night.
The flamboyant American entertainer with a secret.
A top United Nations official recalls Israel's hasty withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000.
In May 1963, African leaders held a historic summit in Addis Ababa. At stake was the dream of a united Africa.
40 years ago an investigation began which led to the resignation of US President Richard Nixon.
35 years ago the Italian Prime Minister was found dead in Rome.
In May 1980 the British government published a booklet about how to survive nuclear war.
A crewman recalls the famous 1943 British attack on Hitler's dams.
