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Robert Kennedy's funeral train and the opening of the Medellin Metro
Jun 28, 2025Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service, all related to trains and journeys which have helped to shape our world. Our guest Nicky Gardner,...
Jaws and the Charleston church shooting
Jun 21, 2025Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. This programme includes outdated and offensive language. It’s 50 years since the original Jaws fi...
Ronald Reagan and Lonesome George
Jun 14, 2025Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Dolly Jørgensen, Professor of History at the University of Stavanger in Norway and a...
Discovery of the first exoplanets and the goalie who killed a seagull
Jun 07, 2025Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Dr Jeni Millard, a science presenter, astrophysicist and astronomer. First, how two...
Battle of the Beanfield and the Champions League anthem
May 31, 2025Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Dr Nivi Manchanda, a reader in international politics at Queen Mary University in L...
The history of photography
May 24, 2025Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. The expert guest is Dr Mirjam Brusius, a research fellow in colonial and global history at the G...
Sweden’s Vipeholm experiments and the Intervision Song Contest
May 17, 2025Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Dr Elizabeth Abbott, writer, historian and author of the book, "Sugar: A Bittersweet...
Rescuing Palmyra’s treasures and 80 years since VE Day
May 10, 2025Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Rubina Raja, professor of classical archaeology and art at Aarhus University in Denm...
The Vietnam War and the expansion of the EU
May 03, 2025Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service about the Vietnam War and the invention of the hugely popular mobile phone game, Snake. Don Ander...
Secret D-Day rehearsal and YouTube begins
Apr 26, 2025Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is World War Two military historian and archivist Elisabeth Shipton. We start by conc...