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Max Pearson presents a compilation of this week's Witness History programmes from the BBC World Service.
We go to Quebec in 1995 when voters went to t…
3 years, 9 months ago
Contested islands and Miss World protests
Max Pearson presents a compilation of this week's Witness History programmes from the BBC World Service.
We hear from a man who was aged six when he w…
3 years, 9 months ago
Anwar Ibrahim and road safety inventions
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
Malaysia's Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, recou…
3 years, 10 months ago
Arabian Peninsula
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History and Sporting Witness episodes, which focus on the Arabian Peninsula to mark the star…
3 years, 10 months ago
Racist raids, protests and a political assassination
A collection of Witness History episodes, presented by Max Pearson. We look at how racism led to raids in the 1970s and protests in the 1980s in New …
3 years, 10 months ago
The best Championship Manager player ever
A collection of Witness History episodes, looking at how young men in Africa have been exploited through football and and sex-selective abortion in I…
3 years, 10 months ago
Women taking a stand
A collection of Witness History episodes, this week focusing on global events where women have taken a stand for equality from Sudan to Iran and Aust…
3 years, 11 months ago
Cuban boxing and the brink of nuclear war
A collection of the latest Witness History programmes which are all about Cuba. Presented by Max Pearson, who speaks to boxing journalist Steve Bunce…
3 years, 11 months ago
Global strikes and industrial action
A collection of the latest Witness History programmes, presented by Max Pearson. We look at moments from around the world when workers took industria…
3 years, 11 months ago
Caribbean carnivals and a racially inclusive nightclub
A collection of this week's Witness History programmes, presented by Max Pearson. The guest is Dr Emily Zobel Marshall. She explains the rise of fest…
3 years, 11 months ago