90 years of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service
Sir Trevor McDonald reflects on the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s first black producer, Una Marson, and her legacy in the development of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Caribbean Service.
Max Pearson presents a compilation of this week's Witness History programmes from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service.
Sir Trevor McDonald reflects on the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s first black producer, Una Marson, and her legacy in the development of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Caribbean Service.
Also, how the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ managed to broadcast through the Iron Curtain, Colombia's false positives scandal and the incredible rescue of 33 miners trapped in Chile.
(Photo: Sir Trevor McDonald. Credit: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½)
Contributors:
Sir Trevor McDonald, Una Marson, Debbie Ransome and Neil Nunes - ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ presenters
Bridget Kendall - the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s former Moscow correspondent
Peter Udell - the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s former controller of European Services
Jacqueline Castillo - whose brother was a victim of the 'false positives' scandal
Dr Aslan Doukaev - university teacher when the first Chechen war started
Mario Sepulveda - Chilean mine disaster survivor
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Broadcasts
- Christmas Eve 2022 14:06GMTÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service News Internet
- Christmas Day 2022 20:06GMTÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service
- Tue 27 Dec 2022 00:06GMTÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service except South Asia
- Tue 27 Dec 2022 03:06GMTÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service South Asia
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The History Hour
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