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:
The legendary guitarist's girlfriend recalls his early days in 60s London.
Before Adolf Hitler killed himself towards the end of WW2, he dictated his last will and testament.
How an American naval intelligence ship and its crew were captured by the North Koreans.
How millions of Dutch faced starvation at the end of World War 2.
19 years ago, the heir to the Syrian presidency died in a car crash. Hear his tutor's memories.
Two Nazi hunters tracked down the former Gestapo leader. He was living comfortably in Bolivia.
Legendary striker, Osei Kofi, remembers the golden days of Ghanaian football in 1960.
In 1973 a landmark case legalised abortion across the USA.
It is 120 years since the birth of the hugely influential Expressionist painter.
For nearly 40 years, the US government conducted a secret experiment on 600 African-American men.
A survivor from the Indonesian province of Aceh recalls the devastating 2004 Tsunami.
Islamist rebels have recently banned music in Northern Mali. Today, we go back to the event in 2001 which launched Tuareg music on the world scene.
In 1944 the Yugoslav partisan leader found sanctuary on a tiny island in the Adriatic.
A former rebel describes the invasion of the Sierra Leonean capital, Freetown, in Jan 1999. Listeners may find his account disturbing
In January 1967 the world famous speed driver died in his jet-boat Bluebird.
