The History Hour

A compilation of the latest Witness History programmes.

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Episodes

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'Mozart of chess’ and the deepest man-made hole in the world
A compilation of Witness History and Sporting Witness episodes.
30 Nov 2024,50 mins
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
23 Nov 2024,50 mins
The ‘Battle of the Surfaces’ and becoming a republic
A half-clay, half-grass tennis court, losing a crown and a mine rescue
16 Nov 2024,50 mins
Female heroes of WW2 and the Iranian Revolution
Female heroes from WW2, the pioneering 'Baby' computer and the Iranian Revolution
09 Nov 2024,51 mins
Magic, illusion and tigers
The Siegfried and Roy show in Las Vegas which ended in a tiger attack and tragedy in 2003
02 Nov 2024,51 mins
Dungeons & Dragons and dinosaur remains
Fifty years of the fantasy tabletop role-play game and a fossil discovery
26 Oct 2024,51 mins
Flower revolutions
The Sunflower Movement in Taiwan in 2014 and the Rose Revolution in Georgia in 2003
19 Oct 2024,51 mins
Technology and artificial intelligence
The stories behind the first electronic computers, chatbots, QR codes and humanoid robots
12 Oct 2024,50 mins
Latin America's longest plane hijacking and Kristallnacht
How one Latin American flight was hijacked for 60 hours and the infamous Kristallnacht
05 Oct 2024,51 mins
South Africa’s Immorality Act and India's Mars Orbiter Mission
South Africa's ban on inter-racial relationships, the Estonia ferry disaster and Tupac
28 Sep 2024,51 mins
New Zealand’s first dinosaur and India’s plague outbreak
How New Zealand's first dinosaur was discovered and the pneumonic plague in India
21 Sep 2024,51 mins
Ethiopian history
It’s 50 years since Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie was overthrown in a military coup
14 Sep 2024,50 mins
Marriage bars and a Moon mission
The law that banned married women from working and Apollo 13's attempted trip to the Moon
07 Sep 2024,49 mins
Space travel and Mary Poppins
Befriending Soviet cosmonauts and why the author of Mary Poppins hated the film
31 Aug 2024,51 mins
Nazis in Egypt and Spain's La Tomatina
Nazis in Egypt and the origins of the largest food fight in the world
24 Aug 2024,51 mins
Indonesian’s independence and the last Olympic art competition
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes
17 Aug 2024,51 mins
American presidents
It's 50 years since Richard Nixon became the first US president in history to resign
10 Aug 2024,51 mins
Ice Bucket Challenge and Bulgaria's dancing bears
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes
03 Aug 2024,51 mins
Moscow Metro and the Olympics
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes
27 Jul 2024,50 mins
Cyprus: Coups and clubbing
Max Pearson presents this week's Witness History interviews on the history of Cyprus
20 Jul 2024,51 mins
Brazil's ban on women in football and the first air fryer
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes
13 Jul 2024,50 mins
Subway Art and terror in Georgia
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes
06 Jul 2024,50 mins
The Sagrada Família and Hello Kitty
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes
29 Jun 2024,50 mins
Bungee jumping and the Benidorm boom
How holidays evolved from luxury cruises to exotic locations
22 Jun 2024,50 mins
Boko Haram massacre in Nigeria and the Irish shopworkers strike
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes
15 Jun 2024,50 mins
The weather report that delayed D-Day and panda-mania in Taiwan
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes
08 Jun 2024,51 mins
South American revolutionaries and the first Aboriginal MP
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes
01 Jun 2024,50 mins
The first Air Jordan and Imelda Marcos's 3,000 pairs of shoes
Max Pearson presents a collection footwear themed Witness History programmes.
25 May 2024,50 mins
Independence in French Polynesia and the 'Queen of Cuba'
How nuclear testing changed politics in French Polynesia, and catching spy Ana Montes
18 May 2024,51 mins
India’s ambitious ID scheme and the iconic Princess Diana photo
A unique digital ID for one billion Indians and Princess Diana alone at the Taj Mahal
11 May 2024,51 mins