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Bosnian concentration camp photo and hero clown
May 27, 2023Max 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 concentration camp stunned the world, what it's like t...
Singapore executes Filipina maid and German child evacuees of World War Two
May 19, 2023Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. We hear about the German children who were evacuated to camps in the countryside to avoid the bo...
World War Two African victory and 'Kai Tak heart attack'
May 12, 2023Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. We hear about the Allies' campaign in North Africa in the Second World War in 1943. Ahead of the ...
The 'Stone of Destiny' and a self-proclaimed Emperor
May 05, 2023Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. We hear about the Scottish students who removed the 'Stone of Destiny' from Westminster Abbey in ...
Artist Althea McNish and history of the Met Gala
Apr 28, 2023Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. We hear about Althea McNish, the Trinidadian artist who designed fabric for Queen Elizabeth II. F...
The history of dogs
Apr 21, 2023Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. We hear about the invention of the labradoodle, the first dog in space and how a Yorkshire terrier...
Unearthing World War II mass graves and the Boston bombing
Apr 15, 2023Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History and Sporting Witness episodes from the BBC World Service. We hear about the unearthing of a mass grave in Sernyky, Ukraine, in 1990, an...
Escaping Eritrea and inventing Zumba
Apr 08, 2023Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. We hear about the lengths one woman goes to to escape Eritrea, how Zumba was invented by accident ...
The godfather of manicures and India's Silicon Valley
Apr 01, 2023Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. We hear about Vietnam's manicure godfather, how Bengaluru became India's Silicon Valley and how th...
Film and cinema around the world
Mar 25, 2023Max Pearson presents a compilation of stories about the history of film and cinema from around the world, including the longest running film in Indian cinema, the man who lived in an airport for 18 ye...