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:
Monkeys were the first American astronauts
C3PO tells the story of the first blockbuster film.
On May 18th 1980 the huge volcano blew, hear from someone who saw it happen close up.
In May 1998 the world watched as a nuclear arms race began in South Asia.
The second wife of Henry VIII was executed in May 1536.
A Vienna resident remembers the day that Hitler marched into Austria.
Almost 50 years ago a TV programme began filming a group of 7-year olds - they are still filming them today.
200 years ago the British PM Spencer Perceval was shot dead in London.
How student protests and workers' strikes threatened to bring down the government of France.
How a British psychiatrist was sent to examine Rudolph Hess in 1941, shortly after the deputy fuhrer flew from Nazi Germany to Scotland.
In 1977 the Nigerian musician's compound in Lagos was attacked by soldiers.
He remains one of the most notorious mass killers in the USA.
In 1926 workers all over Britain went on strike in support of coal miners.
The niece of Justin Fashanu, the only British gay professional footballer, speaks about the death of her favourite uncle in May 1998.
Rodney King talks about the riots that followed his brutal beating by police.
