The History Hour Episodes Episode guide
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12/07/2025 GMT
An hour of historical reporting told by the people who were there.
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05/07/2025 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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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 (R)
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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 蜜芽传媒 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
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Back to 1995
We鈥檙e hearing stories from 30 years ago
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World War Two on film and Africa's landmark lifestyle magazine
Dramatizing World War Two history and the start of a landmark magazine for Africa
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The Charlie Hebdo attack and the art of decluttering
10 years since the massacre in France plus Marie Kondo
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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
