Saving animals from extinction and Cabbage Patch Kids
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. This week, the bird that defied extinction. In 1969, a Peruvian farmer Gustavo Del Solar received ...
2 Dec 202352min
Zambia celebrates independence and the invention of bubble tea
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.This week, we’re looking at the birth of a new African nation – Zambia - in 1964, and find out how ...
25 Nov 202351min
The Eyjafjallajokull volcano eruption in Iceland and EpiPen invention
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Professor Jenni Barclay from the University of East Anglia in the UK. She tells us ab...
18 Nov 202352min
Pakistani popstars, and the hippo and the tortoise
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. We hear from Zoheb Hassen, one half of a sibling duo from Pakistan who topped the charts in count...
11 Nov 202352min
Che Guevara's daughter and marrying Freddie Mercury
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Tony Kapcia, Emeritus Professor at the University of Nottingham's Centre for Research...
4 Nov 202351min
Gezi Park protests and MAD hijack
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.We hear from activist and actor Memet Ali Alabora on how his social media post contributed to the c...
27 Okt 202351min
Osmondmania! and the launch of Lagos Fashion Week
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.We hear about Osmondmania! The moment in 1973 when teenage fans of American heartthrobs, The Osmond...
20 Okt 202350min
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
