Tara McDermott

Radio 📻 producer. Editor of Witness History & The Inquiry for @bbcworldservice and progs @BBCRadio4 @BBC_CurrAff

[BBC World Service @bbcworldservice]

Usonia: Frank Lloyd Wright’s ‘utopian’ town - 1948 saw the start of a “utopian” town of houses designed by America’s greatest architect.

🎧 Hear the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there https://t.co/9pi2nVqMOu

[BBC Current Affairs @BBC_CurrAff]

Murder at the Berlin Wall...

On 29 March 1974, Czesław Kukuczka stormed into the Polish embassy in East Berlin, threatening to detonate a bomb unless he could escape to the West.

🎧 Witness History on @BBCSounds.

https://t.co/iDY2GhEUdn

[Gary O'Donoghue @BBCBlindGazza]

Check out the latest episode of the inquiry on the BBC World Service – Donald Trump and Panama how can Panama satisfy Donald Trump https://t.co/3U9c5mLUSX

[Tara McDermott @tarajmc]

@RTS_media @BBCBlindGazza Gary is the best, this recognition is so well deserved.

[Vicky Carter @vickyecarter]

I had the privilege of working with @BBCBlindGazza recently - co-producing a programme with @hardoond about Undersea Cables for the @bbcworldservice. Gary is an incredible journalist and as wonderful as you'd expect in person. His award is so well deserved.
Programme link 👇

[BBC World Service @bbcworldservice]

Murder at the Berlin Wall - in March 1974, Polish man Czesław Kukuczka was shot by a Stasi officer at the Berlin Wall

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

[BBC World Service @bbcworldservice]

Strictly Come Dancing - the television extravaganza debuted in 2004 in the UK

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

[BBC World Service @bbcworldservice]

In 1993, a new combat sport was born - the UFC, or the Ultimate Fighting Championship. 🥋🥊

It pitted all forms of mixed martial arts against each other, with little to no rules

🎧 https://t.co/kZ8f7FOTeZ

[BBC Radio 4 @BBCRadio4]

“It sums up the stress of being a rail user in Britain today”

Johnny I’Anson takes on the ‘Euston Dash’ to find out what it’s like to travel on one of the most important rail lines in the country.

Off-Peak performance | Listen on BBC Sounds

[BBC World Service @bbcworldservice]

For a month, there has been a heavy escalation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah across the Israel-Lebanon border.

What is Hezbollah - designated a terrorist organisation by many countries - trying to achieve? 🎧

https://t.co/LQyd8SJY1P

[Tara McDermott @tarajmc]

The Canadian 🇨🇦 town that built a landing pad to welcome 👽 @Anoushka_md for #witnesshistory

[BBC World Service @bbcworldservice]

In 1967, the small town of St Paul in Canada welcomed everyone, even aliens. 👽

So much so that they built a landing pad for UFOs

🎧Listen to the town's story here https://t.co/KsQwgjvCa7

[Waris Dirie @Waris_Dirie]

#BBC #Podcast #Interview
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[Megan Jones @MegannJ]

🩺 Saving lives with ‘spray on skin’

🔬 A groundbreaking invention by burns surgeon Professor Fiona Wood which was revolutionary after the 2002 Bali bombings.

📻 I spoke to Prof Wood for @bbcworldservice⁩ and you can hear more @BBCSounds⁩⁩ ⬇️ https://t.co/JKgwi52yn6

[𝗚𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗺 @galwaytourism]

Evening playtime with the ‘Galway Bottlenose Quartet’ as the 4 dolphins at Nimmo’s Pier are affectionately known 🐬🌅

#LoveGalway #WildAtlanticWay
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[Tara McDermott @tarajmc]

Pressure is building in Washington 🇺🇸 #TheInquiry asks ‘Can the Democrats replace Biden?’ 🎧 Expert input from ⁦@ProfHansNoel⁩ ⁦@McDevittPugh⁩ ⁦@ed_kilgore⁩ ⁦@EKamarck⁩ for ⁦@bbcworldservice⁩ https://t.co/UlEQy6ihWZ

[BBC Current Affairs @BBC_CurrAff]

Between 1937 and 1938, Soviet leader Josef Stalin carried out his most severe purge in Georgia.

Witness History speaks to Levan Pesvianidze, whose grandfather Viktor and uncle Giorgi were both executed.

🎧 Hear more on the Witness History podcast.

https://t.co/CpJ5JGCEiz

[BBC World Service @bbcworldservice]

It's 40 years since photographers Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant published the "graffiti bible".

Subway Art was an era-defining book about the early graffiti movement that had exploded in New York in the 1970s and '80s.

Download Witness History 🎧 https://t.co/LLvnvjSzsu

[Tara McDermott @tarajmc]

A great 🏏doc from @ListerProd for @bbcworldservice about #frankworrell #cricket #westindies 🎧

[BBC World Service @bbcworldservice]

Did you know that Muhammad Ali also competed in mixed martial arts? 🥊 🤼

In 1976, the heavyweight boxing champion of the world took part in a controversial fight against the Japanese wrestler Antonio Inoki.

Hear more on Sporting Witness 🎧 https://t.co/hS7ndKlKIE

[BBC World Service @bbcworldservice]

In 1998, lawyer Ludwig Minelli set up the controversial assisted-dying organisation Dignitas in Switzerland.

He explains why he founded the group, and why he believes freedom of choice is so important when it comes to end-of-life care

https://t.co/lnwlcdDtkW