The creation of Ghana's flag and the oldest person at primary school
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.We hear from Kwasi Okoh about how his mother Theodosia Okoh designed Ghana’s flag after it became t...
13 Okt 202351min
Marking 50 years since the 1973 global oil crisis
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. To mark 50 years since the global oil crisis, we’re focusing on oil - from discovery to disaster. ...
6 Okt 202352min
The Lampedusa disaster and cat cafes
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. We hear about the sinking of a migrant boat off Lampedusa in 2013 which was one of the Mediterrane...
29 Sep 202350min
Nazi eugenics and the year of the vuvuzela
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.We hear about the people with disabilities who were sterilised in Germany following an order in 193...
22 Sep 202351min
Israeli and Palestinian history
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. It's thirty years since the Oslo Accords were signed. This agreement in 1993 aimed to bring abou...
15 Sep 202351min
The Chilean coup and Zanzibar’s most famous singer
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. We hear from Chilean politician Hermógenes Pérez de Arce, who helped oust President Allende in 197...
9 Sep 202351min
Historic Korean summit and goat island
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Jean H. Lee, an American journalist who has covered both North and South Korea exten...
1 Sep 202350min
Ireland's 'ghost estates' and the first Rose of Tralee
Max Pearson presents a collection of Witness History stories from the BBC World Service, this week we are focusing on Irish history. In 2006, Ireland’s economic boom, known as the Celtic Tiger, ended....
25 Aug 202350min
