The Situation Room photograph
Pete Souza was Chief Official White House Photographer during Barack Obama's presidency. His photo from when Bin Laden was killed by US soldiers in 2011 has become one of his most famous.He tells Uma ...
5 Aug 20249min
Ice Bucket Challenge
In 2014, the ice bucket challenge craze took over the internet.Millions of people including sports stars and celebrities filmed themselves being doused in ice cold water for charity.Nancy Frates' son ...
2 Aug 202410min
The 1965 Freedom Riders of Australia
A warning for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners - this programme contains the names of people who have died.Nearly 60 years ago, a group of university students set out on a bus to challe...
1 Aug 20249min
Finding a home for Bulgaria's dancing bears
In 1998, brown bears were declared a protected species in Bulgaria and the ancient tradition of forcing them to dance for people's entertainment became illegal.A veterinarian called Dr Amir Khalil hel...
31 Jul 20248min
Yazidi genocide: A rescue mission on Mount Sinjar
When Islamic State (IS) militants took control of Syria and Iraq in June 2014, the entire Yazidi population in Sinjar were immediately in grave danger. The Sunni Muslims of IS believed Yazidis were in...
30 Jul 20249min
The man who smuggled punk rock across the Berlin Wall
In 1983, punk rock was strictly forbidden in East Berlin. However, that didn’t stop young music obsessive Mark Reeder, from Manchester in the UK, smuggling cassettes, and then a punk band across the B...
29 Jul 20249min
The first cold chain vaccination storage system
In 1974, Ghana pioneered a new system which would help in the roll-out of the immunisation of serious diseases across Africa and the rest of the world. The World Health Organisation chose the country ...
26 Jul 20249min
Building the Moscow Metro
More than 10,000 Russian workers built the first line of the Moscow Metro which opened in 1935 to great fanfare. The spectacular stations were designed to show the world the power and possibility of R...
25 Jul 20248min
