Somalia's civil war and golf on the moon
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History stories.Ahmed Mohamed Hassan, a fighter pilot in the Somali air force defied orders to bomb civilians in 1988. Explaining more about th...
24 Jun 202352min
Amazing photographs and the people who took them
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History stories. We focus on some of the world’s best known photographs - and the photographers who took them. We find out why Lee Miller was i...
16 Jun 202351min
Inuit children taken from families and Le Mans crash
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History and Sporting Witness stories.We hear about the Inuit children taken away from their homes and culture, to be educated in Canadian citie...
9 Jun 202351min
Scaling Everest, the highest mountain in the world
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes focusing on Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world.It's 70 years since Edmund Hillary with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, be...
2 Jun 202351min
Bosnian concentration camp photo and hero clown
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.We hear how a shocking photo from a Bosnian concentration camp stunned the world, what it's like to...
27 Mai 202351min
Singapore executes Filipina maid and German child evacuees of World War Two
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. We hear about the German children who were evacuated to camps in the countryside to avoid the bom...
19 Mai 202351min
World War Two African victory and 'Kai Tak heart attack'
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.We hear about the Allies' campaign in North Africa in the Second World War in 1943. Ahead of the 80...
12 Mai 202351min
The 'Stone of Destiny' and a self-proclaimed Emperor
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. We hear about the Scottish students who removed the 'Stone of Destiny' from Westminster Abbey in L...
5 Mai 202351min
