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Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Professor Rachel E. Johnson, Professor of Modern African History at Durham University in the UK.
We begin with the 50th anniversary of the Soweto Uprising, which became a defining symbol of youth resistance to apartheid. We hear from one of the students who took part in the protest, which was violently suppressed by South African security forces in June 1976.
Then we have the harrowing account of an ethnic Georgian poet who fled his home in Abkhazia when the breakaway region was engulfed in war in 1993.
We also hear from one of the Greek Cypriot women who, in 1987, marched towards the ceasefire line dividing Cyprus to protest against the island’s partition.
Next, the scientist who identified Lyme disease in 1976.
Plus, the discovery of the remains known as “Mungo Man”, a 42,000‑year‑old skeleton that transformed understanding of Australia’s ancient past.
And Brazil’s heaviest defeat in a World Cup, which happened on home soil in 2014.
Contributors:
Professor Rachel E. Johnson – Professor of Modern African History, Durham University
Bongi Mkhabela – Soweto Uprising participant
Guram Odisharia – Georgian poet from Abkhazia
Niki Katsaouni – Greek Cypriot peace activist
Dr Jim Bowler – geologist
Prof Allen Steere – rheumatologist
Thomas Müller – German footballer
(Photo: Black students protesting against the compulsory teaching of Dutch-based Afrikaans in schools. Credit: Getty)
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Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. And today, we’re celebrating international archives week, set up to highlight the importance of protecting the world's historical records.
Our guest is BBC curator Joe Schultz who talks about some of the jewels in the BBC radio collections. We find out why cellist Mstislav Rostropovich was stripped of his Soviet citizenship in 1978.
Anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela reveals how he survived prison in South Africa. Plus, Pablo Picasso and his fellow artists enjoy a Surrealist summer in 1930s France. And more on the inspiration behind Anton Chekhov's most famous play, Three Sisters.
We hear about the Jordanian king who survived numerous assassination attempts to become one of the Middle East’s longest serving leaders. And finally, Pickles the dog: the four-legged hero who found the stolen Jules Rimet trophy ahead of the 1966 World Cup.
Contributors:
Joe Schultz – BBC curator.
Mstislav Rostropovich - virtuoso cellist.
Nelson Mandela – former president of South Africa.
Eileen Agar – Surrealist artist.
Paul Shishkoff – friend of playwright Anton Chekhov.
King Hussein of Jordan.
Jack Pizzey – TV documentary-maker.
Pickles the dog – hero of the 1966 World Cup.
David Corbett – Pickles' owner.
(Photo: Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, 1950. Credit: Michael Ward/Getty Images)
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Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Professor Giuliana Pieri, an expert in Italian noir from Royal Holloway, University of London.
We start with the author Andrea Camilleri on the creation of his fictional detective Inspector Montalbano in 1994, and his influence on Italian noir.
Then we explore the tapes recorded in the 1950s with Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann.
We hear about the Chinese protests in 1989 that led up to the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Plus, the launch of Ireland's first Irish language television channel in 1996.
Next, when Diana Ross missed a penalty at the World Cup in 1994.
Finally, we hear from the artist behind the first of Australia's 'Big Things', the giant novelty sculptures that became a national phenomenon.
Contributors:
Professor Giuliana Pieri - an expert in Italian noir from Royal Holloway, University of London
Andrea Camilleri - Italian crime-writer (archive)
Saskia Sassen - daughter of Dutch journalist Willem Sassen, who recorded interviews with Adolf Eichmann
Wu'er Kaixi - Chinese student organiser of pro-democracy demonstrations in Tiananmen Square
Sinéad Ní Ghuidhir - first live presenter to speak on Teilifís na Gaeilge: Ireland's first television channel broadcasting exclusively in the Irish language
Alan Rothenberg - former president of the US Soccer Federation
Paul Kelly - Australian artist behind both the Big Scotsman and the equally iconic Big Lobster
Christobel Kelly - daughter of Paul Kelly
(Photo: Italian writer Andrea Camilleri, Rome, Italy, 2011. Credit: Luciano Viti/Getty Images)
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Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
Our guest is Michelle Meinhart, a reader in musicology and cultural history at Trinity Laban Conservatoire in London. We start by hearing about a Mexican song that captivated lovers in World War Two. Then, a marketing strategist recalls how he worked on a Mexican election campaign in 2000 that saw a change of government for the first time in 71 years. We hear how millions of indigenous women in Mexico won the right to vote and stand in elections in 2014. Plus, a woman recalls her family's escape from a deadly gas explosion in Mexico City in 1984. Finally, we find out how Titanic, one of the most successful films in movie history, was made in Mexico in 1997. Contributors: Mariano Rivera Velazquez - son of singer Consuelo Velazquez who wrote Bésame Mucho. Michelle Meinhart - a reader in musicology and cultural history at Trinity Laban Conservatoire. Francisco Ortiz - marketing strategist. Eufrosina Cruz Mendoza - campaigner for indigenous women's rights. Virginia Martínez Tellez - San Juanico resident. Antonio Moreno - sports journalist. Luisa Gomez de Silva - assistant coordinator in the art department for the movie Titanic. (Photo: A welcoming kiss. Credit: Topical press agency/Hulton archive/Getty images)
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Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
First, the story of the Belgian teenager who exposed a scandal within the country’s Royal Family in 1999.
Our guest, Professor Kate Williams takes us through some other royal scandals from history.
We hear how a group of women set up an underground newspaper in communist Poland and how an E-Coli outbreak caused one of Canada’s worst public health emergencies.
Plus, how Montenegro achieved independence from Serbia through a 2006 referendum.
Our sporting story this week takes us to Eastern Ukraine and the rise of Shakhtar Donetsk.
Contributors: Mario Danneels – teenager who exposed King Albert II of Belgium’s secret child Professor Kate Williams – royal historian Helena Luczywo – former editor of Polish underground newspaper Mazovia Weekly Bruce Davidson – resident who experienced Canada’s E-Coli outbreak Ivan Vujovic – independence campaigner in Montenegro Darijo Srna – former captain of Shakhtar Donetsk
This programme has been updated since the original broadcast after it was identified that an archive interview used in it was wrongly attributed.
(Photo: Queen Paola and King Albert II of Belgium in 1999. Credit: Reuters)
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Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
We start with the launch of Expedition Robinson in Sweden in 1997 and discuss how reality TV began around the world with our guest Misha Kavka, Professor of Cross-Media Culture at the University of Amsterdam.
Plus, a Norwegian Sami protest song that made history in 1980, Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission which investigated residential schools and the uncovering a lost burial ground in Brazil in 1996.
Also, the 'sporting miracle' of 5,000-to-one outsiders Leicester City FC winning the English Premier League and the discovery of the fossil that revealed the first feathered dinosaur.
Contributors:Martin Melin - the first winner of Expedition Robinson.Misha Kavka - Professor of Cross-Media Culture at the University of Amsterdam.Chief Wilton "Willie" Littlechild - former Commissioner with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.Philip Currie - palaeontologist who helped identify the first fossil of a feathered dinosaur.Wes Morgan - former captain of Leicester City FC.Inga Haetta - sister of Mattis Haetta, who performed the first joik at Eurovision.
(Photo: Captain Wes Morgan and manager Claudio Ranieri of Leicester City lift the Premier League Trophy on 7 May 2016. Credit: Michael Regan / Getty Images)
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Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
We start with the broadcaster and naturalist, Sir David Attenborough. To mark his 100th birthday, we go back to the mid 1950s and the television programme that launched his career. Our guest is Dr Paula Kahumbu, a Kenyan conservationist and head of the conservation organisation, Wildlife Direct.
Then, the story of a World War Two sabotage plot carried out by a team of Norwegian resistance fighters.
We hear about Africa's worst stadium disaster, at the Accra Sports Stadium in Ghana.
Plus, a Spanish nun reflects on the killing of two fellow sisters during the Algerian civil conflict in the 1990s.
We also hear how the world's most complete skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex was found in South Dakota, USA, in 1990.
Finally, how the Nigerian 4 x 400m relay team were declared Olympic champions, 12 years after the race.
Contributors:
Sir David Attenborough - naturalist and broadcaster (BBC archive)
Dr Paula Kahumbu, CEO of Kenyan conservation organisation, Wildlife Direct
Gunnar Deinboll Jenssen - nephew of the Norwegian resistance fighter Lieutenant Peter Deinboll
Herbert Mensah - former chair of the football club Asante Kotoko
Sister Lourdes Migueles - Spanish nun who chose to stay in Algeria during civil conflict
Peter Larson - American commercial fossil collector and researcher
Enefiok Udo-Obong - former Nigerian sprinter
(Photo: Sir David Attenborough, naturalist and broadcaster, with two ring-tailed lemurs. Credit: Keystone/Getty Images)
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Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. This week, we hear from a perfumer who in 1990 helped create the world’s first perfume archive in Versailles France. Our guest is Dr William Tullett, a Senior Lecturer in History at the University of York and author of Sniff, History of Smells.
Then, we hear how in 1991 African journalists created the Windhoek declaration - a set of free press principles. It led to World Press Freedom Day marked annually on 3 May.
Next, the global oil crisis of 1973. A former Dutch politician tells us how the Netherlands became the first country in Europe to introduce car-free Sundays.
Plus, the philosopher on how his 1972 essay on the Drowning Child thought experiment inspired the Effective Altruism movement.
And President Obama’s speech writer on how secret negotiations in 2014 improved relations between the US and Cuba.
Finally, a Sporting Witness on the Juventus match-fixing scandal in 2006.
Contributors:
Jean Claude Ellena - perfumer
Dr Will Tullett - Senior Lecturer in History at the University of York and author of Sniff, History of Smells
Wim Meijer - State Secretary for Culture, Recreation and Social Work in the Den Uyl Labour Government
Peter Singer - philosopher
Ben Rhodes - Barack Obama’s speech writer
Paddy Agnew - journalist
(Photo: Perfume bottles. Credit: Walter Zerla via Getty Images)
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Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
On the 40th anniversary of the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl, we hear from one man involved in the clean-up operation.
Our guest is Jordan Dunbar, presenter of the BBC documentary ‘The Last Dance Floor in Chernobyl’.
Next, we hear about the worst floods in 50 years that the Mexican state of Tabasco experienced and the race to save thousands of animals in Paraguay and Brazil in 1982.
Plus, the unexpected drought in the Danube River in 2011 and when Canada saw their largest ever campaign of civil disobedience in 1993 to save a rainforest.
In our episode of Sporting Witness, the tale of the 1981 film ‘Escape to Victory’.
Contributors:
Yurіy Skaletskyy – former radiological officer in Soviet Union military
Jordan Dunbar – BBC presenter
Marco Franco – emergency co-ordinator for the Red Cross in Mexico
Dario Perez Chena – rescue worker in the Mymba Kuera operation
Kristian Yakimov - an ecologist and tourist guide in Bulgaria
Tzeporah Berman – environmental activist in Canada
(Photo: Chernobyl in the aftermath of the explosion in 1986. Credit: SHONE/GAMMA/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
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Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
This week, the moment when Irish writer Roddy Doyle discovered he'd won one of the most prestigious honours in fiction: The Booker Prize.
And our guest, Merritt Moseley, emeritus professor of English at the University of North Carolina in Asheville, discusses the history of the award.
Plus, we look back at the assassination of radical African leader Thomas Sankara in 1987, and find out more about the Indonesian province that introduced Sharia law.
Also, how Hans Christian Andersen's 'lost fairytale' was discovered in Danish archives, and the female rollerblader who beat the men to grab X Games glory.
Finally, the story behind the creation of the children's playtime favourite, My Little Pony, in 1983.
Contributors:
Roddy Doyle – author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.
Merritt Moseley - emeritus professor of English at the University of North Carolina in Asheville.
Paul Sankara – brother of Captain Thomas Sankara.
Bonnie Zacharle – toymaker.
Azwar Abubakar - acting governor of Aceh.
Ejnar Askgaard - curator and senior researcher, Museum Odense.
(Photo: Roddy Doyle with his prize winning book, 1993. Credit: PA Images)
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Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Sahar Saleem, an Egyptian paleoradiologist specialising in using medical imaging technology to study mummies and ancient artefacts.
We start with the story a Jewish interpreter who helped guard Adolf Hitler's teeth in the final days of the Second World War.
Then, the engineering efforts to reduce the tilt of the Leaning Tower of Pisa - which kept it closed to the public for 11 years.
We hear a Nepalese activist recall the massive protests that led to the restoration of multi-party democracy in 1990.
Plus, a childhood memory of the first major surrealist exhibition in New York.
Finally, we hear of the current whereabouts of Jorge, a popular Argentine sea turtle.
Contributors:
Lyubov Summ - granddaughter of interpreter Yelena Rzhevskaya.
Nunziante Squeglia - professor of geotechnics at the University of Pisa.
Durga Thapa - Nepalese activist.
Carroll Janis - performer at the first major surrealist exhibition.
Nicky Salapu - former goalkeeper for American Samoa,
Alejandro Saubidet - Argentine marine biologist.
(Photo: Pisa Leaning Tower and Pisa Cathedral, in the celebrated Piazza dei Miracoli. Credit: Getty)
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Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Dr Sarah Ward, a maritime archaeologist from the Australian National University.
We start with the discovery of the sunken Terra Nova, Scott of the Antartic's ship.
We hear from the Danish food entrepeneur Claus Meyer - a driving force behind New Nordic Cuisine.
Then, the long journey that finally took Picasso's Guernica to Spain.
Plus, the Chinese pharmacist who invented the e-cigarette.
And, the life of Echo the elephant - the star of the world's longest-running study of wild elephants in Kenya.
Finally, "fan man" James Miller and boxing's most bizarre night.
Contributors:
Leighton Rolley - oceanographer.
Dr Sarah Ward - maritime archaeologist from the Australian National University.
Claus Meyer - Danish food entrepeneur.
Ambassador Rafael Fernandez-Quintanilla - Spanish diplomat (from BBC archive).
Hon Lik - inventor of the e-cigarette.
Dr Cynthia Moss - founder of the Amboseli Elephant Research Project.
Marc Ratner - former representative of the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
(Photo: The Terra Nova held up in the pack, Antarctica, 1910. Credit: Herbert Ponting/Royal Geographical Society via Getty Images)
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Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Paulina Guzik, International editor with the Catholic wire service, OSV News.
We start in 1986 when Pope John Paul II visited New Zealand.
Then, we hear about the reunification of Germany in 1989 from a key political advisor.
How one Maasai community overcame a devastating drought in 2013.
The recollections of one of the first people to walk the entire length of the Great Wall of China in 1984.
Next, the first official penalty shootout in 1970 that changed football forever.
Finally, we look at an essay published in 1999 that was an unfiltered look into restaurant kitchen culture.
Contributors:
Michael Jarka - a man who met Pope John Paul II.
Paulina Guzik - OSV News.
Joachim Bitterlich - a key advisor to Chancellor Helmut Kohl.
Dalmas Tiampati - founder of Ildalalekutuk Maasai Action for Development.
Yaohui Dong - one of the first to walk the entire length of the Great Wall of China.
Frankie Banks - former Hull City player.
Martyn Kelly - a football fan.
Philip Lajaunie - Anthony Bourdain's former boss at Les Halles restaurant, New York.
(Photo: Pope John Paul II blesses the crowd during Mass at Auckland Domain. Credit: Reuters/Luciano Mellace)
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Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
We hear from a Cypriot lawyer, imprisoned by the British for almost two years during the "Cyprus Emergency” of 1955-1959.
Our guest, Professor Rebecca Bryant, explains how this period impacted life in Cyprus in the following years.
Plus, the story of India’s controversial nuclear deal with the USA in 2006 and when thousands of people rallied against a racially motivated killing in Norway.
We also learn about the questionable conviction of four men in Mauritius, who became known as the L’Amicale Four, and about how Tunisian independence helped improve women’s rights 70 years ago.
And finally, the remarkable story of when the unfancied Czech Republic reached the final of Euro 96.
Contributors:
Renos Lyssiotis - former Cypriot lawyer.
Dr Rebecca Bryant – Professor of cultural anthropology at Utrecht University.
Ronen Sen – former Indian ambassador to the United States.
Luciana Parvaneh Zehi – friend of Benjamin Hermansen.
Imran Sumodhee – one of the L’Amicale Four.
Saida El Gueyed – founding member of the Women’s Union in Tunisia.
Patrik Berger – former Czech footballer.
(Photo: British troops searching for EOAK fighters in 1956. Credit: Bert Hardy/Getty Images)
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Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is media, culture and creative industries lecturer Sarah Jilani. We start in 1954 with the Japanese film Seven Samurai which is widely considered to be one of world cinema's most influential films. Then, we hear about the 2006 Hindi film Rang de Basanti which broke box-office records and inspired thousands of young Indians to march for justice. We delve into the BBC Archives to hear from director Leni Riefenstahl about one of the most controversial propaganda movies ever made, Triumph of the Will, which was filmed at the Nazis’ Nuremberg rally in 1934. Next, we hear about the challenges of making the Hollywood 1942 classic, Casablanca, from the late son and nephew of the screenwriters. Finally, the story of the Spanish language fantasy, Pan's Labyrinth, which took the world by storm in 2006. Contributors: Hisao Kurosawa - movie producer, head of the Kurosawa Production Company and son of Seven Samurai director Akira Kurosawa. Sarah Jilani - a Lecturer in the Department of Media, Culture and Creative Industries, City St George's, University of London. Kamlesh Pandey - screenwriter. Leni Riefenstahl - film maker (from BBC Archive). Leslie Epstein - the late son and nephew of screenwriters Julius and Philip Epstein respectively. Ivana Baquero - actress. (Photo: Ingrid Bergman with Humphrey Bogart in a still from Casablanca. Credit: Universal History Archive/Getty Images)
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Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
We hear how a speech by Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, in 1972, caused a break down in relations with the USA.
Our guest is an expert in the historic relations between Sweden and the US, Dr Saniya Lee Ghanoui from the University of El Paso in Texas.
Plus, the story of India’s secret first nuclear test in 1974, and Portugal’s worst train crash which killed 150 people.
We also learn about the invention of the mobility scooter in the 1960s and the only time the King of Rock n’ Roll, Elvis, set foot in the UK.
Contributors:
Jan Elliason – former Swedish diplomat.
Dr Saniya Lee Ghanoui – Assistant Professor of history at the University of El Paso.
Dr SK Sikka – former Indian nuclear scientist.
Américo Borges – Portuguese volunteer fire commander.
Al Thieme – the inventor of the mobility scooter.
Anne Murphy – Elvis superfan.
(Photo: Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme in 1972 during the diplomatic freeze with the USA. Credit: Sjöberg Bildbyrå/ullstein bild via Getty Images)
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We begin with the trial of the former President of Liberia, Charles Taylor. It was claimed that he traded in arms and ammunition in return for so-called blood diamonds.
Our guest, gemmologist James Evans discusses the creation of synthetic diamonds.
Next we head to Syria where a group of young men in the besieged town of Darayya came together to build a secret library during the civil war.
Plus the start of the Second World War in the Pacific when Japanese troops landed in what was then northern Malaya.
We hear about a meeting between two of the most prominent figures in history from around the turn of the last century. Florence Nightingale and the Aga Khan, Sir Sultan Muhammed Shah.
Our sporting story takes us back to the summer of 1952 when the first Olympics of the Cold War era took place. Czechoslovakian army officer Emil Zatopek achieved a unique feat.
And finally, the moment when Spain's fledgling democratic government appeared to be under threat.
Contributors:
Brenda Hollis - Chief prosecutor at the Charles Taylor trial.Malik Alrifaii - Volunteer who helped run the Syrian library.Dorothy Variyan -Lived under Japanese rule during the occupation of the Malay peninsula.Aga Khan III, Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah - BBC archive interview from 1950.Richard Asquith - Emil Zatopek's biographer.Joaquin Almunia - Former Vice President of the European Commission
Presenter: Max Pearson
(Photo: Charles Taylor (rear C) appears in court in 2006. Credit: Rob Keeris/Getty Images)
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Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Professor Guri Hjeltnes, an author and World War Two historian.
We start with Nazi Germany’s occupation of Norway during World War Two by hearing about a secret resistance operation known as “The Shetland Bus”.
Then, we learn about a playboy spy who, during the 1940s, became one of wartime’s most successful double agents and the reported inspiration behind James Bond.
We hear how a black and white photograph taken in 1982, of a mother and her young daughter raising their arms in protest, became a symbol of Argentina’s resistance.
Plus, the public health crisis in America in 1980 that led to the setting up of the Tampon Task Force.
In sport, we speak to the BMX rider known as "The Canadian Beast" who took part in the first Extreme Games in 1995.
Finally, we hear from an Austrian mountaineer who spent seven years in Tibet and, in 1948, became friends with the country’s spriritual leader, the Dalai Lama.
Contributors:
Leif Larsen – Norwegian sailor and a skipper on “The Shetland Bus”.
Dusko Popov – British double agent during World War Two.
Adriana Lestido - Argentinian newspaper photographer.
Nancy King Reame – Professor Emerita Columbia University and researcher with the Tampon Task Force.
Jay Miron - Canadian BMX rider.
Heinrich Harrer – Austrian mountaineer who became a tutor to the Dalai Lama.
(Photo: Leif Larsen (middle) and other member of The Shetland Bus. Credit: Scalloway Museum)
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Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Scottish writer, editor and music programmer Arusa Qureshi.
We start in 1989 when the British rock band Pink Floyd played a highly controversial concert in Venice.
Then, we cover Dr Rita Levi-Montalcini whose bedroom experiments won her the Nobel Prize.
We hear from a man who worked on the Mont Blanc Tunnel, which opened in 1965.
A survivor describes Florence's devastating flood in 1966.
Finally, the story of how the actress Gina Lollobrigida interviewed Cuba's leader Fidel Castro.
Contributors:
Fran Tomasi and Andrea Pattaro - witnesses to Pink Floyd's Venice concert.
Arusa Qureshi - Scottish writer, editor and music programmer.
Franco Cuaz - Mont Blanc Tunnel's first operations manager.
Antonina Bargellini - survivor of the Florence flood.
(Photo: Pink Floyd performing in Venice. Credit: Andrea Pattaro)
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Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History and Sporting Witness episodes from the BBC World Service. What does a tickle look like? That was the question eight-year-old Adam Hargreaves asked in 1971. He explains how it led his father Roger Hargreaves, to create the children's book series Mr Men. Our guest Professor Nina Christensen, head of the Centre for Children's Literature and Media at Aarhus University, on the wider history of children's literature. We hear a remarkable account from Captain Chris Fraser-Perry, who took part in the Jugroom Fort rescue mission, during the war in Afghanistan. Plus from Cuba, we learn about the Mariel boatlift of 1980 in which thousands of people left for the United States and in 2022, the controversial visit to Cuba by former US President Jimmy Carter. And the story behind the contamination of Austria's fine wine in 1985. Our Sporting Witness episode this week looks at the first sister-brother duo to win Alpine Ski World Cup races on the same day. Contributors: Adam Hargreaves - Roger Hargreaves sonNina Christensen - head of the Centre for Children's Literature and Media at Aarhus UniversityCaptain Chris Fraser-Perry - British Royal MarineMirta Ojito - Cuban-born journalistJennifer McCoy - former director of the Carter Center Ivica Kostelic - Croatian alpine skierJanica Kostelic - Croatian alpine skierHeidi Schroek - Austrian wine-maker (Photo: English author Roger Hargreaves. Credit: Monti Spry/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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