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Back to SearchThe history of art heists
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
It's 30 years since Edvard Munch’s painting, The…
2 years, 5 months ago
Swedish History
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
It has been 50 years since Abba won the 1974 Eur…
2 years, 5 months ago
Seventy-five years of Nato and the Heimlich Manoeuvre
It's 75 years since the founding of Nato. In 1949, a group of 12 countries formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to block the expansion of th…
2 years, 6 months ago
Chinese history
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
To mark 50 years since the discovery of the Terr…
2 years, 6 months ago
Finding early vertebrate’s footprints and the Deaflympic badminton champion
First, we go back to 1992, when off the coast of Ireland, a Swiss geology student accidentally discovered the longest set of footprints made by the f…
2 years, 6 months ago
Uruguay's smoking ban and the Carnation Revolution
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
We first hear about Uruguay’s tale of David v G…
2 years, 6 months ago
Whisky wars and the Lord of Sipan
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. We first hear about a bloodless war between Den…
2 years, 6 months ago
Skiing and two-headed dogs
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. We hear about the famous ski resort, Whistler B…
2 years, 7 months ago
Letters to Juliet and Saint Valentine’s traditions
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
We hear about the Juliet Club in Verona, Italy.…
2 years, 7 months ago
Inspirational black women
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service telling stories about inspirational black women.…
2 years, 7 months ago