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The History Hour

A compilation of the latest Witness History programmes.

Episodes

Total: 419

The Lampedusa disaster and cat cafes
2023/9/29

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service

Nazi eugenics and the year of the vuvuzela
2023/9/22

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service

Israeli and Palestinian history
2023/9/15

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service

The Chilean coup and Zanzibar’s most famous singer
2023/9/9

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service

Historic Korean summit and goat island
2023/9/1

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service

Ireland's 'ghost estates' and the first Rose of Tralee
2023/8/25

Max Pearson presents a collection of Witness History stories from the BBC World Service, this week w

Judy Garland's legacy and the Benin Bronzes
2023/8/18

A compilation of this week's Witness History episodes. Gerald Clarke, the author of Get Happy: The L

Presidential diamonds and Tupperware parties
2023/8/11

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History stories from the BBC World Service.

Dinosaur discoveries and a Berlin Wall treehouse
2023/8/5

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service

West African food and computer viruses
2023/7/28

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service

Wartime surrenders and the birth of Barbie
2023/7/21

Max Pearson presents a compilation of stories from this week’s Witness History episodes.In the autum

Five great inventions that changed the world
2023/7/14

Max Pearson presents a selection of this week’s Witness History stories.In 1999, Aibo: the world's f

Tourism arrives in the Maldives and a royal night out
2023/7/7

Max Pearson presents a selection of this week’s Witness History stories.In 1972, tourists arrived in

South Korea store collapse and Lady Gaga's meat dress
2023/6/30

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History stories.In 1995, the collapse of th

Somalia's civil war and golf on the moon
2023/6/24

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History stories.Ahmed Mohamed Hassan, a fig

Amazing photographs and the people who took them
2023/6/16

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History stories. We focus on some of the wo

Inuit children taken from families and Le Mans crash
2023/6/9

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History and Sporting Witness stories.We hea

Scaling Everest, the highest mountain in the world
2023/6/2

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes focusing on Mount Everest,

Bosnian concentration camp photo and hero clown
2023/5/27

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service

Singapore executes Filipina maid and German child evacuees of World War Two
2023/5/19

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service