German traditions and cooking for presidents
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History interviews which all relate to food. First, Dinner for One, the British TV sketch that's become a German New Year’s Eve tradition. Our e...
28 Des 202450min
Referendums and cannibalism
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Professor Chandrika Kaul, a specialist on modern British and Imperial history at the...
21 Des 202451min
Panama and the 'Purple Heart Battalion'
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Joan Flores-Villalobos, Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the Univ...
14 Des 202451min
Women making a mark
In partnership with the BBC 100 Women list, we have a selection of stories about inspiring and influential women from around the world. Scientist Katalin Karikó, who won the Nobel Prize and helped sav...
7 Des 202451min
'Mozart of chess’ and the deepest man-made hole in the world
We hear from Magnus Carlsen, who in 2014, became the first player ever to win all three world chess titles in one year, achieving the highest official rating of any player in history.Woman grandmaster...
30 Nov 202450min
The Siege of Yarmouk and Iran's 'house churches'
During the early years of Syria’s brutal civil war, the neighbourhood of Yarmouk, close to the Syrian capital Damascus, bore the brunt of the government’s viciousness. Known as ‘the Pianist of Yarmouk...
23 Nov 202450min
The ‘Battle of the Surfaces’ and becoming a republic
We hear about the half-clay, half-grass exhibition match between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. Argentinean creative entrepreneur and tennis fan Pablo del Campo tells Uma Doraiswamy how he made the i...
16 Nov 202450min
Female heroes of WW2 and the Iranian Revolution
We hear about Polish war hero Irena Sendler who saved thousands of Jewish children during the World War Two.Expert Kathryn Atwood explains why women’s stories of bravery from that time are not as prom...
9 Nov 202451min
