The History Hour Episodes Episode guide
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25/01/2025 GMT
An hour of historical reporting told by the people who were there.
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18/01/2025 GMT
An hour of historical reporting told by the people who were there.
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The History Hour
An hour of historical reporting told by the people who were there.
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The Boxing Day tsunami, and Alexa鈥檚 creation
Stories from the 2004 tsunami that destroyed parts of south-east Asia, plus making Alexa
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German traditions and cooking for presidents
The British sitcom that鈥檚 loved by Germans, and the chef who鈥檚 cooked for five presidents
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Referendums and cannibalism
Australia's 1999 referendum and a survivor recounts the horrific 1972 Andes plane crash (R)
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Panama and the 'Purple Heart Battalion'
How the Panama Canal changed the Americas, and the US military's most successful regiment
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Women making a mark
Inspiring and influential women from around the world in partnership with 麻豆社 100 Women
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'Mozart of chess鈥� and the deepest man-made hole in the world
A compilation of Witness History and Sporting Witness episodes.
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The Siege of Yarmouk and Iran's 'house churches'
The pianist who played on when Damascus was bombed and the Christians who met in secret
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The 鈥楤attle of the Surfaces鈥� and becoming a republic
A half-clay, half-grass tennis court, losing a crown and a mine rescue
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Female heroes of WW2 and the Iranian Revolution
Female heroes from WW2, the pioneering 'Baby' computer and the Iranian Revolution
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Magic, illusion and tigers
The Siegfried and Roy show in Las Vegas which ended in a tiger attack and tragedy in 2003
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Dungeons & Dragons and dinosaur remains
Fifty years of the fantasy tabletop role-play game and a fossil discovery
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Flower revolutions
The Sunflower Movement in Taiwan in 2014 and the Rose Revolution in Georgia in 2003
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Technology and artificial intelligence
The stories behind the first electronic computers, chatbots, QR codes and humanoid robots
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Latin America's longest plane hijacking and Kristallnacht
How one Latin American flight was hijacked for 60 hours and the infamous Kristallnacht
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South Africa鈥檚 Immorality Act and India's Mars Orbiter Mission
South Africa's ban on inter-racial relationships, the Estonia ferry disaster and Tupac
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New Zealand鈥檚 first dinosaur and India鈥檚 plague outbreak
How New Zealand's first dinosaur was discovered and the pneumonic plague in India
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Ethiopian history
It鈥檚 50 years since Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie was overthrown in a military coup
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Marriage bars and a Moon mission
The law that banned married women from working and Apollo 13's attempted trip to the Moon
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Space travel and Mary Poppins
Befriending Soviet cosmonauts and why the author of Mary Poppins hated the film
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Nazis in Egypt and Spain's La Tomatina
Nazis in Egypt and the origins of the largest food fight in the world
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Indonesian鈥檚 independence and the last Olympic art competition
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes
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American presidents
It's 50 years since Richard Nixon became the first US president in history to resign
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Ice Bucket Challenge and Bulgaria's dancing bears
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes
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Moscow Metro and the Olympics
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week鈥檚 Witness History episodes
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Cyprus: Coups and clubbing
Max Pearson presents this week's Witness History interviews on the history of Cyprus
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Brazil's ban on women in football and the first air fryer
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes
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Subway Art and terror in Georgia
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes
