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Traitors and treachery
Historical figures branded traitors

Lady Tarzan and Ibadan Zoo
Why Nigeria went went wild for Ibadan Zoo and the Indian campaigner nicknamed Lady Tarzan

The first lesbian couple to get married and World Laughter Day
A collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service

Hindenburg disaster and wingsuits
Herb Morrison's iconic broadcast about the airship crash and the invention of wingsuits

Pad Thai, kiwis and the chef Ken Hom
The disputed history of Thailand’s national dish and how Ken Hom promoted Chinese cookery

Tsunamis and Caster Semenya
The tsunami that devastated Samoa and when Caster Semenya faced questions over her gender

Mandela's funeral and Tsar's reburial
Nelson Mandela's daughter talks about her father's funeral and Russia buries its past

Doom and Danish brains
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes

Saving animals from extinction and Cabbage Patch Kids
The Peruvian bird saved from the brink of extinction and the Cabbage Patch Kids craze

Zambia celebrates independence and the invention of bubble tea
An African nation is born in 1964 and a new invention changes the tea drinking world