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90 years of the 大象传媒 World Service

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

Max Pearson presents a compilation of this week's Witness History programmes from the 大象传媒 World Service.

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

Also, how the 大象传媒 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: 大象传媒)

Contributors:
Sir Trevor McDonald, Una Marson, Debbie Ransome and Neil Nunes - 大象传媒 presenters
Bridget Kendall - the 大象传媒鈥檚 former Moscow correspondent
Peter Udell - the 大象传媒'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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