Independence in French Polynesia and the 'Queen of Cuba'
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.This week, we hear how nuclear testing changed politics in French Polynesia.Plus, the story of how ...
17 Mai 202451min
India’s ambitious ID scheme and the iconic Princess Diana photo
This week, how more than one billion people living in India were given a unique digital ID during the world's largest biometric project. The Aadhaar scheme was launched in 2009 but it wasn't without c...
10 Mai 202451min
Paraguay’s ‘disappeared’ and the history of the Channel Tunnel
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. This week we hear the story of Rogelio Goiburu, who has dedicated his life to finding the victims ...
3 Mai 202450min
Thirty years since the first free elections in South Africa
It’s been thirty years since the first fully democratic elections in South Africa, which saw the African National Congress take power in 1994.But two years before that historic moment, white South Afr...
26 Apr 202451min
Ebola outbreak and the Friendship Train returns
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.It’s 10 years since the world’s deadliest outbreak of Ebola started in West Africa. We hear from a ...
20 Apr 202450min
The history of art heists
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.It's 30 years since Edvard Munch’s painting, The Scream, was stolen from the national gallery in Os...
12 Apr 202450min
Swedish History
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.It has been 50 years since Abba won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, so we're exploring Swedish hi...
5 Apr 202450min
Seventy-five years of Nato and the Heimlich Manoeuvre
It's 75 years since the founding of Nato. In 1949, a group of 12 countries formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to block the expansion of the Soviet Union.Professor Sten Rynning, the author o...
30 Mar 202452min
