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:
It is 21 years since screen star Marlene Dietrich died in Paris at the age of 90.
The story of a journalist who was caught up in an attempt to overthrow Ethiopia’s hardline ruler, Col. Mengistu Haile Mariam in 1989
How students in Poland tried to force changes on the communist authorities, but were met with arrests and repression.
As a new film of the great American novel premieres this week, we hear about its author, F Scott Fitzgerald.
The story of a sailor, Jack Humble, whose ship was torpedoed while escorting a convoy to Russia in WW2.
It is 60 years since Stanley Matthews secured his place as a legend in British football.
How the New York Times revealed the secret and illegal bombing of Cambodia by American war planes during the Viet Nam war.
In 1981 the British government was faced with Irish republican prisoners starving themselves to death.
In 1992, a retired postal worker from New York and his wife donated a priceless art collection to the US National Gallery of Art.
On May 7th 1963 the great Italian opera singer first appeared on a UK stage - in Northern Ireland.
How thousands of black American schoolchildren took to the streets to protest against racial segregation.
In May 1967 campaigning began across Australia to consolidate Aboriginal rights in the country.
Hear from one of Hitler's former secretaries who was in the bunker during the dictator's last hours.
How a world famous ballet dancer became embroiled in a plot to overthrow the government of Panama.
How the American boxing champion's refusal to serve in Vietnam made him a hero to 1960s radicals.
