Before you listen to this BBC podcast I'd like to introduce myself.

My name's Stevie Middleton and I'm a BBC commissioner for a load of sport

podcasts. I'm lucky to do that at the BBC because I get to work with

leading journalists, experienced pundits and the biggest

sports stars. Together we bring you untold stories and fascinating insights

straight from the player's mouths. But the best thing about doing this at the BBC is our unique access to the sporting world.

What that means is that we can bring you podcasts that create a real connection

to dedicated sports fans across the UK.

So if you like this podcast, head over to BBC Sounds where you'll find plenty more.

Hello and welcome to the Witness History Podcast from the BBC World Service.

It's 30 years since the TV show Friends hit American screens in September 1994,

based around the lives of six young New Yorkers, it became one of the most successful comedy series of all time,

regularly pulling in 30 or 40 million viewers an episode and winning Emmys, Golden Globes and Teen Choice Awards.

In 2014, Fahana Hiver spoke to one of the show's executive producers Kevin Bright.

My partners, Marta Kaufman, David Crane and myself.

We decided we wanted to do something that really came from us.

We all are ex New Yorkers and all lived in New York at that time in our lives

when we had just graduated from college and was that time as Martin David always

say where our friends were our family.

People in the 20s were not really featured on television as central characters, you know, they weren't really the central

the central focus.

Kevin Bright along with Marta Kaufman and David Crane

...