Witness History
by BBC World Service
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Estimated from 43 chart positions in 43 markets.
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- 🇬🇧GB · Personal Journals#18300K to 1M
- 🇨🇦CA · Personal Journals#22100K to 300K
- 🇦🇺AU · Personal Journals#24100K to 300K
- 🇺🇸US · Personal Journals#48100K to 300K
- 🇩🇪DE · Personal Journals#8430K to 100K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
565K to 1.7M🎙 Daily cadence·1,000 episodes·Last published 1mo ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
1.9M to 5.8M🇬🇧17%🇮🇹14%🇨🇦5%+40 more - Active Followers
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565K to 1.7M
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How a Peruvian instrument revolutionised flamenco
Jul 21, 2026
10m 49s
Mexico’s ‘little old lady killer’
Jul 20, 2026
10m 51s
The British love of tea (from Here for The History)
Jul 19, 2026
32m 13s
A child's return to Franco's Spain
Jul 17, 2026
10m 32s
Birkin bag: Creating fashion’s iconic accessory
Jul 16, 2026
10m 41s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/21/26 | flamencomusic history+3 | Rubem Dantas | cajonBBC World Service | Lima, Peru | flamencocajon+5 | — | 10m 49s | ||
| 7/20/26 | true crimemurder+4 | Dr Feggy Ostrosky | — | Mexico City | Juana Barrazalittle old lady killer+5 | — | 10m 51s | ||
| 7/19/26 | tea historyBritish culture+3 | Ben Henderson | British East India CompanyBBC World Service+3 | — | teaBritish history+3 | — | 32m 13s | ||
| 7/17/26 | Spanish Civil Warpersonal history+4 | Felisa Umbon San Vicente | BBC World Service | SpainFrance+2 | FrancoSpanish Civil War+6 | — | 10m 32s | ||
| 7/16/26 | fashionhistory+3 | — | Hermès | — | Birkin bagfashion history+5 | — | 10m 41s | ||
| 7/15/26 | failed coupTurkey+3 | Can Cumhurcu | — | ÇengelköyBosphorus bridge | Turkeycoup+6 | — | 9m 51s | ||
| 7/14/26 | Inuit communitiesland reclamation+3 | Paul Quassa | Canadian government | NunavutArctic | InuitNunavut+3 | — | 8m 57s | ||
| 7/13/26 | photographyrescue+3 | JD Thompson | Jacksonville JournalBBC World Service | — | Kiss of LifePulitzer Prize+5 | — | 10m 00s | ||
| 7/10/26 | Dada art movementWorld War I+3 | Richard Huelsenbeck | BBC | Zurich | Dadaart movement+7 | — | 10m 17s | ||
| 7/9/26 | independenceSouth Sudan+3 | Malual Bol Kiir | — | South SudanJuba | South Sudanindependence+5 | — | 10m 27s | ||
| 6/12/26 | JordanKing Hussein+4 | — | BBCBBC World Service | — | King HusseinJordan+5 | — | 10m 38s | ||
| 6/11/26 | friendshipliterature+3 | Paul Shishkoff | BBCThree Sisters | — | ChekhovThree Sisters+3 | — | 10m 44s | ||
| 6/10/26 | Surrealismart+4 | Eileen Agar | BBCBBC World Service | — | SurrealismPablo Picasso+6 | — | 10m 48s | ||
| 6/9/26 | musichistory+3 | — | BBCBBC World Service | — | Mstislav RostropovichAleksandr Solzhenitsyn+3 | — | 10m 30s | ||
| 6/8/26 | Nelson MandelaRobben Island+4 | — | African National Congress | South AfricaRobben Island | Nelson MandelaRobben Island+3 | — | 10m 13s | ||
| 6/5/26 | Italian noirliterature+3 | — | The Shape of Water | Vigàta | Inspector MontalbanoAndrea Camilleri+5 | — | 10m 42s | ||
| 6/4/26 | Tiananmen Squareprotests+4 | Wu'er Kaixi | — | ChinaBeijing | Tiananmen Squareprotests+6 | — | 9m 17s | ||
| 6/3/26 | Australian culturesculpture+3 | Paul KellyChristobel Kelly | Big ScotsmanBig Lobster | AdelaideSouth Australia | Big ScotsmanBig Lobster+5 | — | 10m 53s | ||
| 6/2/26 | Irish languagetelevision history+3 | Sinéad Ní Ghuidhir | TG4 | Ireland | Irish languageTG4+5 | — | 9m 12s | ||
| 6/1/26 | Nazi war criminalsHolocaust+4 | Saskia Sassen | Israeli agents | ArgentinaBuenos Aires | Eichmann interviewsWillem Sassen+5 | — | 10m 19s | ||
| 5/8/26 | natural historytelevision history+4 | — | BBC | Sierra LeoneWest Africa | Zoo QuestSir David Attenborough+4 | — | 10m 48s | ||
| 5/7/26 | stadium disasterfootball tragedy+4 | Herbert Mensah | Asante KotokoHearts of Oak | Ghana | stadium disasterGhana+7 | — | 10m 45s | ||
| 5/6/26 | Tyrannosaurus rexfossil discovery+3 | Peter Larson | Sue | South Dakota | T-rexfossil+6 | — | 10m 49s | ||
| 5/5/26 | World War IINorwegian resistance+3 | Gunnar Deinboll Jenssen | Allied forces | Norwayoccupied Norway | Norwegian resistancesabotage+3 | — | 9m 21s | ||
| 5/4/26 | Algerian civil conflictreligious figures+3 | Sister Lourdes Migueles | BBC World Service | AlgeriaAlgiers | Algeriacivil conflict+5 | — | 9m 47s |
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Chart history for Witness History
Peaked at #4 in KE, top 10 in 6 of 50 tracked markets, currently #4 in KE.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KE | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| Italy | — | #5 | #5 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| IS | — | #10 | #10 | — |
| India | — | #10 | #10 | — |
| CL | — | #10 | #10 | — |
| Brazil | — | #11 | #11 | — |
| AR | — | #11 | #11 | — |
| Spain | — | #12 | #12 | — |
| AE | — | #12 | #12 | — |
| ID | — | #12 | #12 | — |
| South Africa | — | #12 | #12 | — |
| HK | — | #14 | #14 | — |
| Ireland | — | #16 | #16 | — |
| RO | — | #17 | #17 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #18 | #18 | — |
| NG | — | #20 | #20 | — |
| HU | — | #21 | #21 | — |
| GR | — | #21 | #21 | — |
| Canada | — | #22 | #22 | — |
Chart Positions
50 placements across 43 markets.
Chart Positions
50 placements across 43 markets.