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:
One of the most important battles of World War 2 began in December 1944. Hear an American veteran's memories.
In 1964 Britain's most famous pirate radio station began broadcasting from a ship off the coast of England.
On Christmas Eve 1914 the guns fell silent during WW1 as a spontaneous truce broke out.
Julia Butterfly Hill lived in an ancient redwood tree in California for 738 days to save it from the loggers.
In 2006 Maoist rebels signed a peace deal with Nepal's political parties that ended 10 years of war.
In December 1944, American bandleader Glenn Miller went missing over the English Channel.
Wayne Smith was one of the last diplomats to leave the US embassy in Havana in Jan. 1961.
In December 1961, Goa became the last part of India to break free of colonial rule.
The protests which led to the fall of Ceausescu began in the city of Timisoara in December 1989.
Some of the cast and crew remember the premiere of one of the most successful films ever.
In December 1995 an Aids patient in San Francisco was given a bone marrow transplant -- from a baboon.
The first time the world agreed to tackle climate change.
Drummer Jimmy Cobb recalls playing with Miles Davis on the album that changed jazz for ever.
The frantic search for one of the hereditary 'breast cancer genes' in 1995.
In 1661 the corpse of Oliver Cromwell was dug up for ritual execution. Cromwell had overthrown King Charles I
