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90 years of the 麻豆社 World Service

Sir Trevor McDonald reflects on the 麻豆社's first black producer, Una Marson, and her legacy in the development of the 麻豆社 Caribbean Service.

Max Pearson presents a compilation of this week's Witness History programmes from the 麻豆社 World Service.

Sir Trevor McDonald reflects on the 麻豆社's first black producer, Una Marson, and her legacy in the development of the 麻豆社 Caribbean Service.

Also, how the 麻豆社 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: 麻豆社)

Contributors:
Sir Trevor McDonald, Una Marson, Debbie Ransome and Neil Nunes - 麻豆社 presenters
Bridget Kendall - the 麻豆社鈥檚 former Moscow correspondent
Peter Udell - the 麻豆社'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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51 minutes

Last on

Tue 27 Dec 2022 03:06GMT

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