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Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Philippe Sands, Professor of the Public Understanding of Law at University College London, who tells us about the history of ethnic tensions in Mauritius.

The programme begins with Kaya a Mauritian musician whose death sparked three days of rioting. Then, we hear from John Huckstep who was interned by the Japanese when living in China during World War Two.

In the second half of the programme, we tell the story of how Semtex was invented, and the debate about where the German capital should be after reunification.

Finally, the man who made the Queen appear to jump out of a helicopter tells us how he did it, with the help of corgis, a clothesline, the Queen's dresser and of course James Bond.

Contributors:\\nVeronique Topize - Kaya's widow.\\nCassam Uteem - Former President of Mauritius. \\nPhillippe Sands - Professor of the Public Understanding of Law at University College London.\\nJurgen Nimptsch - Former Mayor of Bonn.\\nWolfgang Schauble - Member of German Bundestag.\\nJohn Huckstep - Held as a child at an interment camp in China.\\nStanislav Brebera - Brother of chemist who invented Semtex.\\nFrank Cottrell-Boyce - Writer.

(Photo: Mural of Kaya. Credit: BBC)