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Ronald Reagan and Lonesome George
The President's 'Tear down this wall' speech, and the extinction of a tortoise species

Discovery of the first exoplanets and the goalie who killed a seagull
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes

Battle of the Beanfield and the Champions League anthem
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes

The history of photography
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes

Sweden’s Vipeholm experiments and the Intervision Song Contest
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes

Rescuing Palmyra’s treasures and 80 years since VE Day
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes

The Vietnam War and the expansion of the EU
A collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service

Secret D-Day rehearsal and YouTube begins
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes

The Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and World Book Day
An hour of historical reporting told by the people who were there

Bonus: Defeated
How ordinary people in Germany experienced the end of World War II