❄️ Ahead of Paris 2024⁩ starting, I’ve been finding out about the first ever ⁦The Olympic Games⁩ ‘mascot’ for Witness History on ⁦BBC World Service⁩ ⛷️ Shuss, the cartoon skier, was created for the 1968 Winter Games in Grenoble 🇫🇷 Listen here ⬇️📻 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

Police officer suspended after video shows officer kicking a man in the head at Manchester Airport bbc.in/3WhSnr0

Just got back from holiday and so excited to see my prog made BBC Radio 4's Pick of the Week! Thanks GUVNA B! bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

🎨 Did you know you the #Olympics used to include painting, sculpture, literature, architecture + music? 🧑‍🎨 The last Olympic art competition was in 1948 🥈 I spoke to the son of a Canadian composer who won a silver medal for the BBC World Service 📻 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

🩺 Saving lives with ‘spray on skin’ 🔬 A groundbreaking invention by burns surgeon Professor Fiona Wood which was revolutionary after the 2002 Bali bombings. 📻 I spoke to Prof Wood for BBC World Service⁩ and you can hear more BBC Sounds⁩⁩ ⬇️ bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…

Two bombs ripped through the Kuta area of the Indonesian island of Bali on 12 October 2002. 202 people died and 28 burns victims were taken to Royal Perth Hospital, Australia, where plastic surgeon Prof Fiona Wood worked. She recalls what happened bbc.in/3X7swDR

In 2003, French actress Marie Trintignant was killed by her rock star boyfriend Bertrand Cantat. Witness History’s Vicky Farncombe spoke to journalist Michelle Fines to learn more about the celebrity murder that divided France bbc.in/4cvf0hM

In 1967, the small town of St Paul in Canada welcomed everyone, even aliens. 👽 So much so that they built a landing pad for UFOs 🎧Listen to the town's story here bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…

Looking for something to listen to on your lunch break? Check out this fascinating account from the BBC World Service about 'The woman who spoke to the space station'. It focuses on amateur radio enthusiast Maggie Iaquinto, who made contact with Russian cosmonauts in 1990. (1/2)

BBC World Service (2/2) Hear her conversations with the Mir space station and find out more as Megan Jones speaks to Maggie's son Ben Iaquinto at: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

Hello Brian Cox I thought you might like to listen to this programme? Hope you enjoy!

More than 200,000 people were killed during Guatemala's 36-year civil war between the military and left-wing rebels, which ended in 1996. Jeremias Tecu's two brothers were among the disappeared. Listen to this episode of Witness History 🎧 bbc.in/3X9tk9M

Thanks for sharing ARISS - Amateur Radio on the ISS 👏🏻

So great to see this story being shared far and wide ✨

Hello Tim Peake, I thought you might like this programme I made about an amateur radio enthusiast speaking to cosmonauts on the Mir space station?

“It sums up the stress of being a rail user in Britain today” Johnny I’Anson takes on the ‘Euston Dash’ to find out what it’s like to travel on one of the most important rail lines in the country. Off-Peak performance | Listen on BBC Sounds

We made a thing about the frustration of rail travel…especially heading from London to the North Bravo to the brilliant Vicky Farncombe the brains (and train wrangler) behind this, and ace editor Clare Fordham who kept us on track (ehem) Listen on BBC Sounds & BBC Radio 4 from 4pm

There are thousands of amateur radio enthusiasts around the world. Some of them have daily conversations with astronauts on International Space Station. Maggie was one of them. In 1990, she spoke to cosmonauts on the Mir space station for the first time. Hear the full story on BBC Sounds ⬇️

Really enjoyed interviewing Argentina’s former President about an utterly bonkers fortnight in his country’s history. Listen & subscribe to Witness History