The first lesbian couple to get married and W...

Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.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 exampl ...  Afficher plus

Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.We hear how a French curator uncovered lost documents showing that the Nazis researched the Bayeux Tapestry during World War Two. Our guest, Professor Catherine Clarke, takes us th ...  Afficher plus

Long before same-sex marriage became legal in the USA in 2015, one gay couple in Minneapolis got married in 1971. Their names were Jack Baker and Mike McConnell. They'd been issued with a marriage licence and the man who held their wedding ceremony was Methodist pastor Roger Lynn ...  Afficher plus

Later this month the US Supreme Court is expected to rule on same sex marriage. But more than forty years ago a gay couple from Minnesota managed to get a marriage licence - and even had a Christian wedding ceremony. We look back at the story and speak to the Minister who married ...  Afficher plus

Comedian Jacob Hawley explores the world of love, sex and intimacy - and the people that make money from it. This week, Jacob considers marriage, talking to wedding planner Sarah Haywood, comedian Sindhu Vee, journalist Ashley Edwards-Walker and young divorcee Mark O’Brien. He al ...  Afficher plus

James and Dan are joined by Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran, the UK's first pansexual MP. On the agenda - why is David Cameron taking credit for introducing same-sex marriage? Are there lots of secretly gay MPs who vote for homophobic legislation? And why are the government so ob ...  Afficher plus