The History Hour

<p>Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.</p><p>We hear about the tests on baby rhesus monkeys which would become some of the most controversial in modern science. Also, the chimpanzee who apparently learned American sign language.</p><p>Our guest zoologist Megan McCubbin discusses how ethics around using animals in experiments have changed over the years. And we hear about the two monkeys that were sent into space in the late 1950s.

<p>Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.</p><p>We hear from one of the Peruvian pilots who secretly flew fighter jets to help Argentina during the Falklands War in 1982. We discuss with our guest, Iberian and Latin American historian Stella Krepp from Bern University, about the stance Peru and other countries from the region took in the conflict.</p><p>Plus, the killing of the Egyptian president Anwar Sadat in 1981, the mirrors that

<p>Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. </p><p>Our guest is Dr. April Nowell, a paleolithic archaeologist and professor of anthropology at the University of Victoria in Canada. </p><p>We start by hearing how in 2012, archaeologists on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi made a discovery that changed our understanding of early human history. </p><p>Next, we're in the UK in 1957, as the final touches are made to what was then the la

<p>Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.</p><p>We dedicate this edition to Manchester, in England. We hear about the man who opened the city's first racially inclusive nightclub in 1962. This programme contains descriptions of racial discrimination. Our guest Kath McDermott, a Mancunian DJ and producer at BBC 6 Music, tells us about Manchester's musical scene and how it helped shape the town’s culture and identity. </p><p>The acclaim

<p>Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.</p><p>We hear how Norwegian teachers resisted peddling Nazi propaganda during the German occupation of the Second World War and our guest, Dr Rachel Pistol, talks us through other examples of resistance around Europe.</p><p>Plus, the Stardust nightclub fire in Dublin in 1981, the Iranian engineer who connected homes to the internet using cable TV and the birth of India's call centre industry.<

<p>Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.</p><p>We hear how a French curator uncovered lost documents showing that the Nazis researched the Bayeux Tapestry during World War Two. </p><p>Our guest, Professor Catherine Clarke, takes us through the finer details of the famous medieval tapestry. </p><p>Plus, communist fighters struggling to survive while following Mao Zedong during the Chinese Civil War in 1935. </p><p>The firefighter who

<p>Max Pearson presents a collection of science fiction themed Witness History stories from the BBC World Service.</p><p>Our guest is Lisa Yaszek, Regents' Professor of Science Fiction Studies at Georgia Tech in the USA.</p><p>Actor Peter Coyote looks back on the making of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, sharing memories from the set and reflecting on the film's enduring appeal.</p><p>We hear the story of Octavia E. Butler, who overcame poverty, racism and sexism to become one of the most influentia

<p>Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes.</p><p>We learn why, in 2004, Uruguayans voted to enshrine water as a human right in their constitution - the first country in the world to do so. And environmental historian Ellen Arnold reveals how water has shaped human history.</p><p>Also, we tell the story of the fatal hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73 in Pakistan, 40 years ago. And how the island of Antigua was devastated when Hurricane Luis hit the Caribbean in 1995.