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Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by and curious about 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 how the Excel spreadsheet was developed, the creation of cartoon rabbit Miffy and how the sound barrier was broken.We look at the lives of some of the most...
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Is this show right for you?
Comfortable if you already follow TV news
- 65% of the episodes are B2.
- 147 words a minute: a natural pace.
- 98 episodes with a full transcript.
Episodes(1,000)
B29 minThe most successful Paralympian in historyOct 10, 2026Subtitles- B110 minThe boy behind the creation of the Winnie-the-Pooh booksOct 9, 2026Subtitles
- B210 minHow rats were trained to clear landminesOct 8, 2026Subtitles
- B29 minThe mirrors that lit up a dark Norwegian townOct 7, 2026Subtitles
- B110 minEgypt’s President Sadat is assassinatedOct 6, 2026Subtitles
- B210 minThe Peruvian pilots who secretly delivered fighter jets during the Falklands WarOct 5, 2026Subtitles
- B110 minThe first Rubik's Cube world championOct 3, 2026Subtitles
- B210 minBoer War: the siege of LadysmithOct 2, 2026Subtitles
- B210 minThe Dead Sea ScrollsOct 1, 2026Subtitles
- B210 minThe contraceptive pill gets legalised in JapanSep 30, 2026Subtitles
- B210 minSulawesi's cave art and the origins of storytellingSep 29, 2026Subtitles
- B210 minThe birth of Jodrell BankSep 28, 2026Subtitles
- B210 minHarold Riley: Painting Nelson MandelaSep 25, 2026Subtitles
- B210 minKinder Scout mass trespassSep 24, 2026Subtitles
- B210 minThe gathering that helped shape decolonisationSep 23, 2026Subtitles
- B210 min‘Baby’ computer is inventedSep 22, 2026Subtitles
- B110 minThe nightclub that changed ManchesterSep 21, 2026Subtitles
- B210 minThe discovery of the San José shipwreckSep 18, 2026Subtitles
- B211 minThe birth of India's call centre industrySep 17, 2026Subtitles
- B210 minStardust: Ireland's deadly nightclub fireSep 16, 2026Subtitles
- B210 minConnecting homes to the internet using cable TVSep 15, 2026Subtitles
- B210 minNorway’s teacher resistance in World War TwoSep 14, 2026Subtitles
- B110 minFirefighter: Surviving the 9/11 North Tower collapseSep 11, 2026Subtitles
- B210 minThe weather report that changed the date of D-DaySep 10, 2026Subtitles
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Is this show right for you?
B2 · Upper-intermediate
Comfortable if you already follow TV news
- 65% of the episodes are B2.
- 147 words a minute: a natural pace.
- 98 episodes with a full transcript.
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