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Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
We hear how a French curator uncovered lost documents showing that the Nazis researched the Bayeux Tapestry during World War Two.
Our guest, Professor Catherine Clarke, takes us through the finer details of the famous medieval tapestry.
Plus, communist figh...
Max Pearson presents a collection of science fiction themed Witness History stories from the BBC World Service.
Our guest is Lisa Yaszek, Regents' Professor of Science Fiction Studies at Georgia Tech in the USA.
Actor Peter Coyote looks back on the making of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, sharing memories from the set and reflecting on the film's enduring appeal.
...Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes.
We learn why, in 2004, Uruguayans voted to enshrine water as a human right in their constitution - the first country in the world to do so. And environmental historian Ellen Arnold reveals how water has shaped human history.
Also, we tell the story of the fatal hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73 ...
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
Our guest is Dr Elisabeth Fondren, Associate Professor of Journalism at St John's University in New York, USA.
We start by hearing some groundbreaking frontline reporting from the Battle of Mandalay in World War Two.
Then, we hear how in 1950s Canada, a contr...
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes focussing on Kenya.
We hear about Muthoni Kirima, one of the last Mau Mau fighters to come out of hiding and lay down her arms.
Caroline Elkins, Professor of History at Harvard University, discusses the brutality of the conflict between Kenya’s Land and Freedom Army, the British and Kenyan lo...