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A papal visit and German reunification
Mar 28, 2026Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Paulina Guzik, International editor with the Catholic wire service, OSV News. We sta...
The 'Cyprus Emergency’ and India’s nuclear mango deal
Mar 21, 2026Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. We hear from a Cypriot lawyer, imprisoned by the British for almost two years during the "Cyprus...
Movie history: Seven Samurai and Casablanca
Mar 14, 2026Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is media, culture and creative industries lecturer Sarah Jilani. We start in 1954 wit...
Sweden and the USA's diplomatic freeze and Elvis in the UK
Mar 07, 2026Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. We hear how a speech by Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, in 1972, caused a break down in rel...
Blood diamonds and the meeting between Florence Nightingale and Aga Khan III
Feb 28, 2026We begin with the trial of the former President of Liberia, Charles Taylor. It was claimed that he traded in arms and ammunition in return for so-called blood diamonds. Our guest, gemmologist James Ev...
The Shetland Bus and toxic shock syndrome
Feb 21, 2026Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Professor Guri Hjeltnes, an author and World War Two historian. We start with Nazi...
Italian history
Feb 14, 2026Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Scottish writer, editor and music programmer Arusa Qureshi. We start in 1989 when th...
Creating Mr Men and the Austrian wine scandal
Feb 07, 2026Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History and Sporting Witness episodes from the BBC World Service. What does a tickle look like? That was the question eight-year-old Adam Har...
Chile’s Penguin Revolution and the 5,000-year-old frozen mummy
Jan 31, 2026Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. We travel back to Chile in 2006 where more than 600,000 schoolchildren are marching through the s...
The priest behind a new airport and Agatha Christie
Jan 24, 2026Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest Sugandhi Jayaraman, lecturer in air transport management at the University of Westminst...