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	Podcast:		The History Hour
	Episode:		The ‘Battle of the Surfaces’ and becoming a republic
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:50:51
	Publish Date:		2024-11-16 00:30:00
	Description:		Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Sporting Witness and Witness History programmes. We hear about the half-clay, half-grass exhibition match between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. Then, we look back through the archives to find out how Greece held a referendum to decide the country’s future. Next, a mountain massacre on the Himalayas in Pakistan. Plus, India’s coal-mine rescue. And, how a mother successfully campaigned to change her child’s gender on official documents in Argentina. Contributors: Pablo del Campo – creative entrepreneur and tennis fan. Fiona Skillen – Professor of Sports History at Glasgow Caledonian University. BBC Archives. Aleksandra Dzik – Polish mountaineer. Sarpreet Singh Gill – Jaswant Singh Gill’s son. Gabriela Mansilla – Luana’s mother. (Photo: 'The Battle of the Surfaces' at The Palma Arena on May 2, 2007 in Mallorca. Credit: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
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