Reena Stanton-Sharma

BBC producer and presenter for Witness History @bbcworldservice Previously @bbc5live

[Reena Stanton-Sharma @Reena_Sharma2]

@itsKajolD shared her memories of filming #ddlj with me. Film by @VickyFarncombe Thanks to shoot edit @sharadbadhe + @janhavee #kajol #srk @yrf

[BBC World Service @bbcworldservice]

"I could not have predicted its legacy."

In 1995, Bollywood blockbuster Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge premiered at the Maratha Mandir cinema in Mumbai - and it's still being screened there now!

@itsKajolD looks back at shooting the iconic film https://t.co/9PQXICHhzA

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In 1959, Todd Matshikiza composed the score for King Kong - South Africa’s first musical with an all-black cast.

Chronicling the rise and fall of heavyweight boxer Ezekiel Dlamini, the musical was a bold act of defiance against apartheid.

🎧 https://t.co/eAD1e0eYAF

[Reena Stanton-Sharma @Reena_Sharma2]

I spoke to Marian Matshikiza about the man behind her father Todd's music. Nelson Mandela was a big fan!

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King Kong: South Africa's first all-black musical opened to critical acclaim in 1959.

🎧 Hear the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there https://t.co/xj69aTE8qI

[Reena Stanton-Sharma @Reena_Sharma2]

Drum was considered to be the first African lifestyle magazine with a readership of 40,000 in its heyday becoming a voice of resistance during Apartheid. I spoke to Jim Bailey's son about the legendary title 👇

[BBC World Service @bbcworldservice]

Drum: the revolutionary African lifestyle magazine was first printed in 1951.

🎧 Hear the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. https://t.co/PJ8VLnmf5T

[Rachel Naylor @rhenaylor]

🇯🇵 30 years ago today, an earthquake devastated the city of Kobe, in Japan

More than 6,000 people died

📻 I spoke to a survivor @kihopa07 for the @bbcworldservice about how he had to jump from his balcony to escape & how the mafia staffed soup kitchens: https://t.co/gD2uhY3c2w

[Reena Stanton-Sharma @Reena_Sharma2]

Italy's @emmabonino went on hunger strike and was jailed during her fight to legalise abortion in 1978. It led to a career in politics. I spoke to her for @bbcworldservice📻listen here 👇🏾https://t.co/iLOqt9KL1z

[Ben Henderson History @benhenderson96]

The Nazis sterilised roughly 400k people deemed to have physical or mental disabilities from 1933-45

Helga Gross tells her heartbreaking yet uplifting story in my latest episode.

Listen or search for the Witness History podcast from @bbcworldservice

https://t.co/yBgmBUAp59

[Reena Stanton-Sharma @Reena_Sharma2]

Great to hear a clip from my @bbcworldservice Witness History episode about the pioneering musician Bi Kidude on @cerysmatthews @BBC6Music show Listen to the episode here https://t.co/TZitOq8TlD

[Louise Clarke @Louise_G_Clarke]

👽Ever wondered if there's life out there? 👽

🛸Or what might happen should contact be made?🛸

Great insight from @GEghigian @lesliekean @AdamFrank4 from @NASA and @ChelseaHaramia from @SETIInstitute
#TheInquiry @bbcworldservice

https://t.co/09ezXdBVaT

[Reena Stanton-Sharma @Reena_Sharma2]

If you haven't heard of Bi Kidude listen to this👇🏽I spoke to her friend Maryam Hamdani about how she became an international star in her 70s @bbcworldservice📻#zanzibar #taarab #bikidude

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Zanzibar’s Bi Kidude, known as the ‘golden grandmother of music’, was a trailblazer.

Hear from one Bi’s oldest friends on her life and legacy

https://t.co/35mrcjDEpW

[BBC World Service @bbcworldservice]

The Marinelli family have been making bells for almost a thousand years.

You can find them in some pretty famous places like the Leaning Tower of Pisa and St Peter's Square.

But while demand for bells in Italy is dwindling, the market in Africa is "thriving" �The Marinelli family have been making bells for almost a thousand years.

You can find them in some pretty famous places like the Leaning Tower of Pisa and St Peter's Square.

But while demand for bells in Italy is dwindling, the market in Africa is "thriving" �The Marinelli family have been making bells for almost a thousand years.

You can find them in some pretty famous places like the Leaning Tower of Pisa and St Peter's Square.

But while demand for bells in Italy is dwindling, the market in Africa is "thriving" �The Marinelli family have been making bells for almost a thousand years.

You can find them in some pretty famous places like the Leaning Tower of Pisa and St Peter's Square.

But while demand for bells in Italy is dwindling, the market in Africa is "thriving" 🔔

[BBC World Service @bbcworldservice]

In 1986 the words "Welcome to the dungeon" first popped up on computer screens around the world.

It all began with two brothers in a shop in Lahore, Pakistan...

https://t.co/Dk49xaSeUe

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World War II surrender ceremonies took place across the Japanese Empire in 1945.

John Stanfield, now 103, recalls signing the surrender declaration on behalf of the British at the ceremony held in Beijing's Forbidden City

https://t.co/2Rjo957BWc

[Reena Stanton-Sharma @Reena_Sharma2]

@MeeraThavasothy They are really sweet and in Japan they dress them up and put wigs on them!

[Reena Stanton-Sharma @Reena_Sharma2]

The robot dogs even competed in a soccer league-called RoboCup! The creator of Aibo told me all about it📻listen here 👇

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In 1999, Aibo, the world's first robot dog hit shops in Japan, selling out in just 20 minutes.

Aibo could bark, walk, growl, wag his tail, and play with a ball - but he also came with a hefty price tag of $2,500

[Rachel Naylor @rhenaylor]

🙌 Thanks so much for picking my programme about the biro 🖊️

I love finding out how stuff was invented too!

👶🏻 I made one about the story of nappies too, if you’re interested… https://t.co/TQeWFJbYDd

Hopefully, it’s more interesting than it sounds… 😂

[Reena Stanton-Sharma @Reena_Sharma2]

Did you know that Aibo, the world's first robot dog sold out in just 20 minutes when it hit the shelves in Japan in 1999? I spoke to its creator about his invention📻 Listen here👇@bbcworldservice #aibo
https://t.co/w1W9PfAtGS

[Louise Clarke @Louise_G_Clarke]

🔥How can we stop wildfires?

🌳That's the question this week on #theinquiry @bbcworldservice @BBC_CurrAff

🚒Expert knowledge from Mike Norton @NRCan, Liz Goldman @WorldResources, Jon Keeley @USGS & Matt Oakley @SurreyFRS

https://t.co/BwmmMqquEj

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In 1957, Paul Robeson performed the world's first transatlantic concert using a new phone line.

John Liffen from London's Science Museum explains how it happened

More on #WitnessHistory 🎧 https://t.co/Pgilr6lITq

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How a chance meeting and frustration with smudging ink led to one of the most durable inventions this century 🖊️
https://t.co/lWXYini6lX