Traitors and treachery
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service all about figures branded as traitors.In 1939 Wang Jingwei, once a national hero in China, signed a...
27 Jan 202452min
Lady Tarzan and Ibadan Zoo
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.We’re going wild for animals this week. We find out how the Ibadan Zoo became one of Nigeria’s bigg...
20 Jan 202451min
The first lesbian couple to get married and World Laughter Day
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.In 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalise gay marriage. Four couples were chose...
13 Jan 202451min
Hindenburg disaster and wingsuits
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Barbara Waibel, author of a book on the Hindenburg and Director of Archives at the Ze...
6 Jan 202452min
Pad Thai, kiwis and the chef Ken Hom
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.This week, we look at the disputed history of pad Thai with food writer Chawadee Nualkhair.We also ...
30 Dec 202352min
Tsunamis and Caster Semenya
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.This week, we hear from Lumepa Hald who survived the devastating tsunami that hit Samoa in 2009 but...
23 Dec 202351min
Mandela's funeral and Tsar's reburial
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Dr Ongama Mtimka, lecturer in South African politics at the Nelson Mandela University...
16 Dec 202351min
Doom and Danish brains
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.We hear about two of the most influential computer games of the 1990s with their creators. John Rom...
9 Dec 202351min
