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 Northern Irish peace process was kick-started by a message sent to the British government in February 1993. But who sent it?
In February 1960 4 young black Americans started a protest against racial segregation in North Carolina. Hear from one of them, Franklin McCain.
In January 1990, the American fast food giant opened its first restaurant in the USSR
On February 2nd 1950 the scientist Klaus Fuchs was arrested in England for sharing atomic secrets with the Soviet Union.
A look back at the life of the English philosopher and political activist, incorporating material from the BBC archives.
The family doctor from the North of England who killed hundreds of his patients.
The first major-party black candidate to make a bid for the US Presidency in January 1972.
In 1968 a US B52 plane with nuclear bombs on board crashed in Thule, Greenland.
How 11 year old Simon Gronowski jumped to freedom when Belgian resistance fighters stopped the train bound for Auschwitz.
A former Republican fighter remembers fleeing the fall of Barcelona in January 1939.
The African nationalist and Congo's first prime minister was deposed just months after coming to power. He was murdered in detention in January 1961.
He was one of the most notorious gangsters in depression-era USA. His niece Dierdre remembers her uncle Al.
Former US Airman Brandon Bryant speaks about his role in the controversial drone programme.
The rise of violence between English football hooligans in the 1970s
On 19th January 1915 huge German Zeppelin airships began the first bombing raids on England.
