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:
He saved tens of thousands of Jews from the Nazis in Hungary, but he was taken into Soviet custody in January 1945 and disappeared.
Hear the memories of Mathew Prichard, the only grandchild of the great crime novelist.
In 1997 an Indian businessman returned home from working abroad and saw a great opportunity to start a whole new industry, that would revolutionise the country's economy.
In I988 India passed a law that made it a criminal offence to help anyone perform Sati, the ancient Hindu custom of a woman burning herself alive on the funeral pyre of her dead husband.
The hugely ambitious campaign to teach rural people to read and write in 1970s Somalia.
The first commander of the US detention centre recalls the opening of the infamous camp in January 2002.
In 1952 a new style of music programme, 'Geetmala', was launched which would take South Asia by storm.
The US Senate was turned into a court to put the American President on trial on January 7th 1999.
The unexpected discovery which became the first proof of the Big Bang Theory
On 5 Jan 1968 Alexander Dubcek became leader of the Czech Communist party, heralding a short-lived period of liberalisation.
On New Year's Day 1919 a shipwreck devastated a small community in Scotland. Nearly 200 sailors were returning from fighting in WW1 only to lose their lives metres from home as their families looked on. Claire Bowes has been listening to BBC archive of survivors and witnesses to the sinking of the SS Iolaire.
One of the world's most popular comedy characters made his TV debut on January 1st 1990.
Rock star Rod Stewart speaks to Witness about his memories of playing the biggest free rock concert ever to 4.2 million people on New Year's Eve on Copacabana beach, Brazil.
In December 1999 a young Dutch man won the first ever Big Brother reality TV show.
The high-profile child abuse case that shocked Portugal.
