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:
30 years ago a German magazine and an English newspaper believed they had found the dictator's private diaries.
The acclaimed musician who became a symbol of resistance to Spanish dictator, General Franco.
In April 1966, Ethiopia's ruler made a spectacular arrival in Jamaica, the birthplace of the Rastafarian movement which revered him.
Hear from one of the very few survivors of the WW2 Jewish uprising.
Hear one boy's story of living through Year Zero.
In 1965, Great Britain came to a standstill for the state funeral of its wartime prime minister.
It is 70 years since a Swiss scientist discovered the controversial hallucinogenic drug-LSD.
The story of a young British pilot who fought in the First World War.
How Lee Elder broke the colour barrier at one of the world's top golf tournaments in 1975.
How severely burnt Second World War airmen learnt to overcome their terrible injuries.
This programme contains disturbing scenes. Tens of millions of people died of starvation during the late 50s and early 60s in China.
This programme contains graphic descriptions of violence which are very disturbing. In the early 1980s, thousands of Zimbabweans were killed by government security forces in a campaign againsst dissidents.
The day after Martin Luther King was killed, the famous soul singer held a concert in Boston.
One of the few reporters to meet the famously reclusive American billionaire remembers their 20-year relationship.
In the spring of 1975 the USA began to airlift people out of Vietnam including hundreds of orphans.
