Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDinner 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 …
1 year, 9 months ago
'Kimchi war'
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 ath…
1 year, 9 months ago
Chef to five presidents
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…
1 year, 9 months ago
When instant noodles came to India
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 …
1 year, 9 months ago
'I created MasterChef'
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 ha…
1 year, 9 months ago
Australian republic referendum
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 w…
1 year, 9 months ago
Poland's bleak Christmas
In 1981, the communist government of Poland declared martial law in an attempt to suppress rising protests and strikes.
The civil unrest had been spar…
1 year, 10 months ago
Ceefax: the start of interactive television
In 1974, the BBC launched the world's first teletext service.
It provided information, like news and weather, through our TV screens, whenever users w…
1 year, 10 months ago
Surviving Andes plane crash
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, 1…
1 year, 10 months ago
Peshawar school massacre
Ten years ago, the Taliban killed more than 140 people at Peshawar Army School on 16 December 2014.
It’s one of the worst terror attacks in Pakistan’s…
1 year, 10 months ago