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 Edward Mutesa, the first president of Uganda, came to die in exile in a south London flat in 1969.
How a blaze at the Queen's weekend home turned 1992 into her "Annus Horribilis".
In November 1971 a young American artist was shot, in the name of conceptual art.
How a Mexican-American union leader inspired Latinos in 1960s America.
The story of a tribe of Filipino stone-age cave dwellers who fooled the scientific community.
One woman's personal experience of the programme aimed at tackling China's expanding population.
Hear from a survivor of the mudslide that killed 20,000 people in Colombia.
In 1984 doctors in California tried to save a baby's life by giving her the heart of a baboon.
The memories of a German Jew who grew up across the street from Adolf Hitler.
The most famous uprising in naval history recreated using written accounts from the time.
A white journalist dyed his skin black to experience segregation in America. Listeners should be aware that some of the language in this programme reflects the historical context of the time.
It is 30 years since the Soviet leader died - and was buried in an imperfect state funeral.
It is almost 30 years since an exiled Nigerian politician was found drugged in a crate at a London airport.
In the 1930s the Nazi party hatched a secret plan to breed an elite race of blond blue eyed children.
The great British war photographer Don McCullin remembers the Vietnam war.
