90 years of the BBC World Service
The History Hour24 Des 2022

90 years of the BBC World Service

Max Pearson presents a compilation of this week's Witness History programmes from the BBC World Service.

Sir Trevor McDonald reflects on the BBC's first black producer, Una Marson, and her legacy in the development of the BBC Caribbean Service.

Also, how the BBC managed to broadcast through the Iron Curtain, Colombia's false positives scandal and the incredible rescue of 33 miners trapped in Chile.

(Photo: Sir Trevor McDonald. Credit: BBC)

Contributors: Sir Trevor McDonald, Una Marson, Debbie Ransome and Neil Nunes - BBC presenters Bridget Kendall - the BBC’s former Moscow correspondent Peter Udell - the BBC's former controller of European Services Jacqueline Castillo - whose brother was a victim of the 'false positives' scandal Dr Aslan Doukaev - university teacher when the first Chechen war started Mario Sepulveda - Chilean mine disaster survivor

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Buildings of power and the Dada art movement

Buildings of power and the Dada art movement

Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.Our guest is Mateja Kurir, associate professor at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia and the ...

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The return of Chief Long Wolf and The Statue of Liberty's facelift

The return of Chief Long Wolf and The Statue of Liberty's facelift

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The Slip Slop Slap campaign and the Brexit referendum

The Slip Slop Slap campaign and the Brexit referendum

Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Devi Sridhar, Professor of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh in th...

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An uprising in South Africa and an exodus in the Caucasus

An uprising in South Africa and an exodus in the Caucasus

Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Professor Rachel E. Johnson, Professor of Modern African History at Durham Universit...

19 Jun 1h

Opening the archives: A cellist, a playwright and a king

Opening the archives: A cellist, a playwright and a king

Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. And today, we’re celebrating international archives week, set up to highlight the importance of p...

13 Jun 1h

The creation of Inspector Montalbano and Australia's first Big Thing

The creation of Inspector Montalbano and Australia's first Big Thing

Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Professor Giuliana Pieri, an expert in Italian noir from Royal Holloway, University ...

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Mexican history: A love song and a gas explosion

Mexican history: A love song and a gas explosion

Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.Our guest is Michelle Meinhart, a reader in musicology and cultural history at Trinity Laban Conse...

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Belgium’s royal affair and Montenegro gains independence

Belgium’s royal affair and Montenegro gains independence

Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. First, the story of the Belgian teenager who exposed a scandal within the country’s Royal Family ...

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