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 birth in 1978 of Louise Brown, the first baby in the world to be conceived through in-vitro fertilisation.
How the former US president Theodore Roosevelt nearly died on a trip down an unexplored tributary of the Amazon in 1914.
25 years ago the poet Dr Jack Mapanje was arrested in Malawi.
During the Cold War psychiatrists carried out experiments to see if they could brainwash patients.
How the kidnap and murder of a young Basque councillor in 1997 sparked unprecedented anti-ETA protests in Spain.
Fifteen years ago, the world of fashion was rocked by the brutal murder of Gianni Versace.
In July 1977 the Big Apple was plunged into darkness.
How working on Paul Simon's Graceland album turned the South African choir into global superstars.
In July 1976 four foreign mercenaries were executed for their part in Angola's civil war.
After 70 years the BBC World Service is leaving Bush House - hear how it began broadcasting there during WW2.
As the BBC World Service leaves its iconic home, the story of the American businessman who built Bush House.
It is 50 years since the first ever transatlantic satellite TV broadcast.
On July 7 2005 a series of suicide bombs brought chaos to London - killing 52 people.
The story of a teenage girl who joined Algeria's fight for independence.
Tariq Ramadan talks about how his grandfather founded the Egyptian Islamist movement.
