The History Hour

A compilation of the latest Witness History programmes.

World Service,488 episodes

Episodes

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Charlie Chaplin Returns to America from Exile
Charlie Chaplin, images of the furthest galaxies and the world's first black festival.
22 Apr 2017,49 mins
The Takeover of Russia's NTV
A setback for media freedom in Russia; Ethiopia's Red Terror; and WW2's Katyn massacre.
15 Apr 2017,50 mins
How Princess Diana changed the perception of AIDS
A handshake that changed attitudes to AIDS, America enters WW1, and Egypt's Facebook girl
08 Apr 2017,50 mins
The Flavr Savr Tomato - The World's First Genetically Engineered Food
The GM food debate, an anthrax outbreak in the Soviet Union, and the Teletubbies turn 20.
01 Apr 2017,50 mins
The First Russian Revolution of 1917
The Russian Revolution, AIDS and 'Patient Zero' plus escaping the Nazis as a child.
18 Mar 2017,51 mins
Kuwaiti Women Secure the Vote
Kuwaiti women win the vote; smog in Mexico, and America's first Islamic terror incident
11 Mar 2017,50 mins
Mother Teresa - The Nun Who Became A Saint
Life with Mother Teresa, the birth of Nollywood and Eleanor Roosevelt in the White House.
04 Mar 2017,50 mins
The University of Texas Shooting
The first campus killings in the US; an arts festival in Lebanon; meeting JD Salinger
06 Aug 2016,39 mins