The History Hour Episodes Episode guide
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07/12/2024 GMT
An hour of historical reporting told by the people who were there.
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30/11/2024 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 History Hour
An hour of historical reporting told by the people who were there.
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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’s 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’s first dinosaur and India’s plague outbreak
How New Zealand's first dinosaur was discovered and the pneumonic plague in India
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Ethiopian history
It’s 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’s 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’s 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
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The Sagrada FamΓlia and Hello Kitty
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes
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Bungee jumping and the Benidorm boom
How holidays evolved from luxury cruises to exotic locations
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Boko Haram massacre in Nigeria and the Irish shopworkers strike
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes
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The weather report that delayed D-Day and panda-mania in Taiwan
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes
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South American revolutionaries and the first Aboriginal MP
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes
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The first Air Jordan and Imelda Marcos's 3,000 pairs of shoes
Max Pearson presents a collection footwear themed Witness History programmes.
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Independence in French Polynesia and the 'Queen of Cuba'
How nuclear testing changed politics in French Polynesia, and catching spy Ana Montes
