Podcast Episodes

Strictly Come Dancing

Television extravaganza Strictly Come Dancing debuted in May 2004 in the UK, bringing ballroom dancing to a whole new generation. Pairing celebrities…

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Creation of the UFC

In 1993, a new combat sport was born. Its founders called it the Ultimate Fighting Championship – UFC.

It pitted all forms of mixed martial arts again…

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Lord of the Flies

It’s 70 years since William Golding’s acclaimed novel was published.

Lord of the Flies is the story of a group of English schoolboys marooned on a de…

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Handover of Macau

In 1999, the small territory of Macau was handed back to China after centuries of Portuguese rule.

Lawyer and comedian Miguel Senna Fernandes was a me…

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The Siege of Yarmouk

During the early years of Syria’s brutal civil war, one neighbourhood close to the Syrian capital, Damascus, bore the brunt of the government’s vicio…

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Iran's secret Christian 'house churches'

After Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979, some Christians faced persecution. Between 2002 and 2005, Naghmeh Panahi and her husband, Saeed Abedini, set…

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German naturists

Since the 19th Century, Germans have been bathing nude at the beach.

The naturist movement, known as the FKK, was banned under the Nazis.

People also …

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Luana Mansilla: Changing gender aged six

In 2013, a six-year-old from Argentina became one of the youngest people in the world to legally have their gender changed on official documents thro…

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India's capsule coal mine rescue

In November 1989, mining engineer Jaswant Singh Gill saved 65 miners from the Mahabir Coal Mine, in India.

The miners, who had been trapped for three …

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How Greece got rid of their king

In 1974, Greece held a referendum to decide the future of the country’s monarchy, and whether Constantine II would remain their king.

Constantine had …

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