Max Pearson

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After 18 hours held captive, the MPs were finally freed but left acutely aware of the fragility of their democracy.

The following year, Joaquín Almuño's Socialist Party won the general election.

Lieutenant-Colonel Tejero was jailed but was released in 1996.

Joaquim Almunia, the former politician and former vice-president of the European Commission, was speaking to Claire Bowes in 2021.

Incidentally, Antonio Tejero Molina, the coup leader, died this month at the age of 93.

And with that personal insight into the failed coup attempt in 1980s Spain, we've come to the end of this edition of the History Hour.

The website is the place to visit for hundreds more first-hand stories from the past.

Go to bbc.com slash witnesshistory.

And we'll be back with more for you next week, so do join us for that.

This is Max Pearson from all of us here.

Thanks for listening.

Goodbye.

Sporting Witness takes you to the events that have shaped the sports world through the eyes of the people who were there.

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The History Hour · The Shetland Bus and toxic shock syndrome · 21 Feb 2026 podcast

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There's a magic during those moments that carries your soul.

We were truly blessed to be a part of history.

Thank you.

We did something that no one else had ever done.

There was such an excitement and energy about this moment.

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