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Pad Thai, kiwis and the chef Ken Hom
The disputed history of Thailand’s national dish and how Ken Hom promoted Chinese cookery
Hindenburg disaster and wingsuits
Herb Morrison's iconic broadcast about the airship crash and the invention of wingsuits
The first lesbian couple to get married and World Laughter Day
A collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service
Lady Tarzan and Ibadan Zoo
Why Nigeria went went wild for Ibadan Zoo and the Indian campaigner nicknamed Lady Tarzan
Traitors and treachery
Historical figures branded traitors
Internet cafes and Doomsday seeds
The opening of the first commercial internet cafe and storing seeds in an Artic vault
Inspirational black women
Inspirational black women throughout history
Letters to Juliet and Saint Valentine’s traditions
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes.
Skiing and two-headed dogs
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes
Whisky wars and the Lord of Sipan
Uruguay's smoking ban and the Carnation Revolution
Finding early vertebrate’s footprints and the Deaflympic bton champion
Chinese history
50 years of the Terracotta Army and the father of Pinyin
Seventy-five years of Nato and the Heimlich Manoeuvre
The 75th anniversary of Nato, Britain's Mirpuri migration, and the Heimlich Manoeuvre
Swedish History
The history of art heists
Recovering The Scream, the story of St Teresa of Avila and the Kampala terror attacks
Ebola outbreak and the Friendship Train returns
Thirty years since the first free elections in South Africa
Max Pearson presents a collection of this weeks Witness History Episodes
Paraguay’s ‘disappeared’ and the history of the Channel Tunnel
An hour of historical reporting told by the people who were there
India’s ambitious ID scheme and the iconic Princess Diana photo
A unique digital ID for one billion Indians and Princess Diana alone at the Taj Mahal
Independence in French Polynesia and the 'Queen of Cuba'
How nuclear testing changed politics in French Polynesia, and catching spy Ana Montes
The first Air Jordan and Imelda Marcos's 3,000 pairs of shoes
Max Pearson presents a collection footwear themed Witness History programmes.
South American revolutionaries and the first Aboriginal MP
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes
The weather report that delayed D-Day and panda-mania in Taiwan
Boko Haram massacre in Nigeria and the Irish shopworkers strike
Bungee jumping and the Benidorm boom
How holidays evolved from luxury cruises to exotic locations
The Sagrada Família and Hello Kitty
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes
Subway Art and terror in Georgia
Brazil's ban on women in football and the first air fryer
Cyprus: Coups and clubbing
Max Pearson presents this week's Witness History interviews on the history of Cyprus
Moscow Metro and the Olympics
