The History Hour Episodes Episode guide
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23/08/2025 GMT
An hour of historical reporting told by the people who were there.
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16/08/2025 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 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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Nuclear diplomacy and Italo disco
The 2015 Iran nuclear deal, and Ryan Paris' 1983 hit Dolce Vita (R)
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The 'trial of the juntas' and Evita鈥檚 missing body
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week鈥檚 Witness History episodes from Argentina
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Dancing in the Street and Ai Weiwei
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes
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Robert Kennedy's funeral train and the opening of the Medellin Metro
A collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the 成人快手 World Service
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Jaws and the Charleston church shooting
An hour of historical reporting told by the people who were there
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Ronald Reagan and Lonesome George
The President's 'Tear down this wall' speech, and the extinction of a tortoise species
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Discovery of the first exoplanets and the goalie who killed a seagull
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week鈥檚 Witness History episodes
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Battle of the Beanfield and the Champions League anthem
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes
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The history of photography
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes
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Sweden鈥檚 Vipeholm experiments and the Intervision Song Contest
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week鈥檚 Witness History episodes
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Rescuing Palmyra鈥檚 treasures and 80 years since VE Day
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week鈥檚 Witness History episodes
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The Vietnam War and the expansion of the EU
A collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the 成人快手 World Service
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Secret D-Day rehearsal and YouTube begins
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes
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The Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and World Book Day
An hour of historical reporting told by the people who were there
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Nazis and sex strikes
The 1933 Reichstag fire, and Liberia's women in white
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The wonder woman of the comic world and Namibia's 'ghost town'
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes
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The phone call that changed Nigeria and a 'one of a kind' portrait of Nelson Mandela
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes
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The history of space travel
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week鈥檚 Witness History episodes
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The Americans with Disabilities Act and the invention of GPS
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes
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The invention of the shopping trolley and the Calais 'Jungle'
How the shopping trolley was invented in 1937 and the 2015 European migrant crisis
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Discovering the haemoglobin structure and the Nellie massacre
One of the greatest scientific discoveries of the 20th century and the Nellie massacre
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Death of a language and the world鈥檚 longest kiss
We hear about the death of an ancient language and a record-breaking kiss
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Great speeches from around the world
A look at some of the great speeches from the last decade of history
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Cult films and a 'rockstar' philosopher
How a film flops become cult classics and the philosopher behind deconstruction theory
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The 'Wolf Children' of World War Two and China's TV lessons
We hear from 'Wolf child' Luise Quietsch and how actress Kathy Flower became a star
