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The last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade

50 min•25 april 2020

The grandson of the last surviving African-born US slave, plus the story behind the portable hospital breathing ventilator that was a precursor to those helping save coronavirus lives; also on the programme the Pakistani welfare hero, the deadly explosion which sent 130 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, and candid insights from one of America's greatest playwrights.

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The discovery of the Terra Nova shipwreck and Echo the elephant
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A papal visit and German reunification
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The 'Cyprus Emergency’ and India’s nuclear mango deal
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Movie history: Seven Samurai and Casablanca
•1 tim 1 min
Sweden and the USA's diplomatic freeze and Elvis in the UK
•1 tim 2 min
Blood diamonds and the meeting between Florence Nightingale and Aga Khan III
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The Shetland Bus and toxic shock syndrome
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Italian history
•1 tim 1 min
Creating Mr Men and the Austrian wine scandal
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Chile’s Penguin Revolution and the 5,000-year-old frozen mummy
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