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BBC World Service 704 - The mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry and surviving 9/11

A compilation of the latest Witness History programmes.

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Published 12 Sep 2026

Duration 1:02:38

Episodes

704-

The mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry and surviving 9/11

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12 Sep 2026

703-

E.T. the Extra Terrestrial and the creator of Star Wars toys

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06 Sep 2026

702-

Voting for water and surviving a hurricane

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29 Aug 2026

701-

The battle of Mandalay and the New World screwworm

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22 Aug 2026

700-

The Mau Mau uprising and man-eating lions

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15 Aug 2026

699-

Taiwan's White Terror and the making of City of God

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08 Aug 2026

698-

The first Comic Con and making Oasis’ Wonderwall

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01 Aug 2026

697-

Solar-powered flight and the Crazy Horse Memorial

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25 Jul 2026

696-

The Spanish Civil War and the Birkin bag

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18 Jul 2026

695-

Buildings of power and the Dada art movement

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11 Jul 2026

694-

The return of Chief Long Wolf and The Statue of Liberty's facelift

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03 Jul 2026

693-

The Slip Slop Slap campaign and the Brexit referendum

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27 Jun 2026

692-

An uprising in South Africa and an exodus in the Caucasus

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19 Jun 2026

691-

Belgium’s royal affair and Montenegro gains independence

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23 May 2026

690-

Opening the archives: A cellist, a playwright and a king

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13 Jun 2026

689-

The creation of Inspector Montalbano and Australia's first Big Thing

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06 Jun 2026

688-

Mexican history: A love song and a gas explosion

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30 May 2026

686-

The first reality game show and a joik performance on Eurovision

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16 May 2026

685-

Sir David Attenborough's first Zoo Quest and a WW2 sabotage mission in Norway

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09 May 2026

684-

The world’s first perfume archive and Dutch car-free Sundays in the global oil crisis

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01 May 2026

683-

Cleaning up Chernobyl and Canada’s war in the woods

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25 Apr 2026

682-

Winning the Booker Prize and discovering a lost fairytale

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18 Apr 2026

681-

Hitler’s teeth and the Leaning Tower of Pisa

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11 Apr 2026

680-

The discovery of the Terra Nova shipwreck and Echo the elephant

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04 Apr 2026

679-

A papal visit and German reunification

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28 Mar 2026

678-

The 'Cyprus Emergency’ and India’s nuclear mango deal

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21 Mar 2026

677-

Movie history: Seven Samurai and Casablanca

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14 Mar 2026

676-

Sweden and the USA's diplomatic freeze and Elvis in the UK

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07 Mar 2026

675-

Blood diamonds and the meeting between Florence Nightingale and Aga Khan III

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28 Feb 2026

674-

The Shetland Bus and toxic shock syndrome

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21 Feb 2026

673-

Italian history

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14 Feb 2026

672-

Creating Mr Men and the Austrian wine scandal

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07 Feb 2026

671-

Chile’s Penguin Revolution and the 5,000-year-old frozen mummy

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31 Jan 2026

670-

The priest behind a new airport and Agatha Christie

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24 Jan 2026

669-

The birth of the modern fitted kitchen and the creation of Cluedo

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17 Jan 2026

668-

The House of the Spirits and Tracey Emin's unmade bed

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10 Jan 2026

667-

The American Freedom Train and the invention of text messaging

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03 Jan 2026

666-

The history of toys

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27 Dec 2025

665-

Norway’s sushi contribution and Laurel and Hardy’s Christmas

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20 Dec 2025

664-

Banky's 'Dismaland' and the Paris climate agreement

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13 Dec 2025

662-

Nigerian history

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06 Dec 2025

661-

Literary hoaxes and an underground cathedral

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29 Nov 2025

660-

Juan Carlos becomes King of Spain and ending the Bosnian war

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22 Nov 2025

659-

Speed of Sound and prosecuting Nazis

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15 Nov 2025

658-

The largest dinosaur and creating Miffy

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08 Nov 2025

657-

Emerante de Pradines and Orson Welles’s The War of the Worlds

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01 Nov 2025

656-

Music producer Sonny Roberts and treating diabetes

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25 Oct 2025

655-

Nordic Noir and the Moomins

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18 Oct 2025

654-

The evacuation of Tristan da Cunha and Japan surrenders to China at the end of World War Two

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10 Oct 2025

653-

India's nine day tea strike and the birth of the Excel spreadsheet

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04 Oct 2025

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