Witness
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
- Website
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t1hd
- Description
- The story of our times told by the people who were there.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-12-30 19:46
- last episode published
- 2024-12-30 10:00
- publication frequency
- 1.43 days
- Contributors
- BBC
- Owner
- BBC World Service
- Author
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 2269
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Episodes
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| 2024-12-30 | On 26 December 2004, an earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia sparking a tsunami which swept away entire communities around the Indian Ocean. In India, Choodamani and Karibeeran Paramesvaran’s children Rakshanya, 12, Karuyna, nine, and Kirubasan... |
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| 2024-12-27 |
Dinner for One: How an English comedy became a German tradition Every New Year’s Eve, millions of Germans turn on their TVs to rewatch an old favourite – the comedy Dinner for One.The black and white sketch is in English and features a British cast but is virtually unknown in the United Kingdom.The two-hander start... |
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| 2024-12-26 | In the run-up to the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, in the United States, a row broke out between Japan and South Korea over who would supply the athletes' village with kimchi.The two countries also took their dispute to the United Nations' Codex Alime... |
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| 2024-12-25 | Cristeta Comerford has cooked for some of the most powerful people in the world. She spent almost three decades as a chef in the White House, serving five presidents from Bill Clinton to Joe Biden. On 5 August 2005, she made history by becoming the fir... |
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| 2024-12-24 | The arrival of instant noodles in India was a turning point in culinary history. In 1983, before Maggi 2-Minute Noodles launched, the country’s food culture centred around chapati, lentils and rice and the Indian economy was still a closed market. Sang... |
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| 2024-12-23 | In 1990, a cookery programme launched on BBC TV that would become a global phenomenon. Today, MasterChef airs in 70 countries around the world and has an estimated audience of one billion people.British film director Franc Roddam tells Vicky Farncombe ... |
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| 2024-12-20 | On 6 November 1999, voters in Australia were asked if they wanted to break ties with the British monarchy and become a republic.The No campaign won with 55% of the vote.Rachel Naylor speaks to former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who was chair of th... |
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| 2024-12-19 | In 1981, the communist government of Poland declared martial law in an attempt to suppress rising protests and strikes.The civil unrest had been sparked by Solidarity, a trade union which became a social movement. Tanks and soldiers appeared on the str... |
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| 2024-12-18 | In 1974, the BBC launched the world's first teletext service.It provided information, like news and weather, through our TV screens, whenever users wanted, at the push of a button.Rachel Naylor speaks to Angus McIntyre, son of the late Colin McIntyre, ... |
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| 2024-12-17 | When a plane carrying a team of young rugby players crashed into the Andes mountains in 1972, search teams soon gave up hope. But two months later, 16 passengers of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 emerged alive. The events became known as ‘The Miracle o... |
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