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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:

 Witness: Mo Farah | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 9:21

How a school sports teacher transformed the life of the British Olympic champion, Mo Farah.

 Witness: Ishi, the "Last Indian" | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 9:04

How a man believed to be the last Native American in northern California emerged from the wilderness in 1911.

 Witness: Springboks in New Zealand | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 9:01

In 1981 anti-apartheid protestors used a plane to try to stop a rugby match in New Zealand.

 Witness: 15 year stay in Embassy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 8:57

In 1956 a Hungarian Cardinal sought refuge in the US Embassy.

 Witness: Riot at the Democratic Party Convention | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 9:05

How anti-Vietnam protestors turned the 1968 Democratic Party convention in Chicago into chaos.

 Witness: Arnold Schwarzenegger | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 8:54

Arnold Schwarzenegger and the story of his emergence as a champion bodybuilder in the 1960s.

 Witness: Soviet Protest Pioneers | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 8:56

How a tiny demonstration by Soviet intellectuals in 1968 challenged the authority of the Kremlin.

 Witness: The Death of Getulio Vargas | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 8:52

The death in 1954 of the Brazilian president, Getulio Vargas, who took his life rather than back down to the military.

 Witness: The Great Train Robbery | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 9:02

In 1963 a group of thieves got away with more than two million pounds in what came to be known as The Great Train Robbery.

 Witness: Hurricane Andrew | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 9:04

How a marathon TV broadcast during a devastating hurricane made one weather forecaster a hero in Miami in 1992.

 Witness: West Indies Make England Grovel | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 9:03

In the summer of 1976 the England cricket captain, Tony Greig, said he was going to make the West Indies "grovel" in the upcoming series of Test matches. It was a remark he came to regret, and for which he did a very public penance.

 Witness: Trotsky's Assassination | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 9:09

The grandson of Leon Trotsky, now in his eighties, describes arriving home from school aged 14, to discover his grandfather has been assassinated.

 Witness: The Assassination of Ruth First | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 8:59

The parcel bomb attack that killed anti-apartheid activist Ruth First in 1982.

 Witness: Elvis - the Comeback Special | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 8:57

How a 1968 television special revived the career of the King of Rock and Roll.

 Witness: The Last Viceroy of India | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 9:04

Louise Hidalgo talks to Lady Pamela Hicks, the daugher of Lord Mountbatten, the last viceroy of India.

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