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Internet cafes and Doomsday seeds
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
We hear about Cyberia - the first commercial int…
2 years, 7 months ago
Traitors and treachery
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service all about figures branded as traitors.
In 1939 Wa…
2 years, 8 months ago
Lady Tarzan and Ibadan Zoo
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
We’re going wild for animals this week. We find …
2 years, 8 months ago
The first lesbian couple to get married and World Laughter Day
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
In 2001, the Netherlands became the first countr…
2 years, 8 months ago
Hindenburg disaster and wingsuits
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Barbara Waibel, author of a book o…
2 years, 8 months ago
Pad Thai, kiwis and the chef Ken Hom
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
This week, we look at the disputed history of pa…
2 years, 9 months ago
Tsunamis and Caster Semenya
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
This week, we hear from Lumepa Hald who survived…
2 years, 9 months ago
Mandela's funeral and Tsar's reburial
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Dr Ongama Mtimka, lecturer in Sout…
2 years, 9 months ago
Doom and Danish brains
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
We hear about two of the most influential comput…
2 years, 9 months ago
Saving animals from extinction and Cabbage Patch Kids
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
This week, the bird that defied extinction. In …
2 years, 9 months ago