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Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Ozoz Sokoh, Nigerian food writer a…
2 years, 5 months ago
Wartime surrenders and the birth of Barbie
Max Pearson presents a compilation of stories from this week’s Witness History episodes.
In the autumn of 1945, World War II surrender ceremonies took…
2 years, 5 months ago
Five great inventions that changed the world
Max Pearson presents a selection of this week’s Witness History stories.
In 1999, Aibo: the world's first robot dog, hit the shops in Japan and sold o…
2 years, 5 months ago
Tourism arrives in the Maldives and a royal night out
Max Pearson presents a selection of this week’s Witness History stories.
In 1972, tourists arrived in the Maldives for the first time. We hear from on…
2 years, 6 months ago
South Korea store collapse and Lady Gaga's meat dress
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History stories.
In 1995, the collapse of the Sampoong Department Store in the South Korean c…
2 years, 6 months ago
Somalia's civil war and golf on the moon
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History stories.
Ahmed Mohamed Hassan, a fighter pilot in the Somali air force defied orders …
2 years, 6 months ago
Amazing photographs and the people who took them
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History stories.
We focus on some of the world’s best known photographs - and the photograph…
2 years, 6 months ago
Inuit children taken from families and Le Mans crash
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History and Sporting Witness stories.
We hear about the Inuit children taken away from their …
2 years, 7 months ago
Scaling Everest, the highest mountain in the world
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes focusing on Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world.
It's 70 years …
2 years, 7 months ago
Bosnian concentration camp photo and hero clown
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
We hear how a shocking photo from a Bosnian conc…
2 years, 7 months ago