Witness History

Publisher:
BBC

Witness History

5.0/5

Critic Rating

Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups, scientific discoveries, cultural moments and much more. Recent episodes explore everything from the death of Adolf Hitler, the first spacewalk and the making of the movie Jaws, to celebrity tortoise Lonesome George, the Kobe earthquake and the invention of superglue. We look at the...


Critic Reviews

Score: 5

Daisy Dunn • The Times UK Aug 13, 2023

"They’re as well researched and unexpected as they are varied, and just the right length to be fully digestible. What strikes you most across the series is how many of the most practical modern inventions came about through personal frustration."

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