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The History Hour Episodes

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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

  2. Indonesian’s independence and the last Olympic art competition

    Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes

  3. American presidents

    It's 50 years since Richard Nixon became the first US president in history to resign

  4. Ice Bucket Challenge and Bulgaria's dancing bears

    Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes

  5. Moscow Metro and the Olympics

    Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes

  6. Cyprus: Coups and clubbing

    Max Pearson presents this week's Witness History interviews on the history of Cyprus

  7. Brazil's ban on women in football and the first air fryer

    Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes

  8. Subway Art and terror in Georgia

    Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes

  9. The Sagrada Família and Hello Kitty

    Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes

  10. Bungee jumping and the Benidorm boom

    How holidays evolved from luxury cruises to exotic locations

  11. Boko Haram massacre in Nigeria and the Irish shopworkers strike

    Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes

  12. The weather report that delayed D-Day and panda-mania in Taiwan

    Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes

  13. South American revolutionaries and the first Aboriginal MP

    Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes

  14. The first Air Jordan and Imelda Marcos's 3,000 pairs of shoes

    Max Pearson presents a collection footwear themed Witness History programmes.

  15. Independence in French Polynesia and the 'Queen of Cuba'

    How nuclear testing changed politics in French Polynesia, and catching spy Ana Montes

  16. 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

  17. Paraguay’s ‘disappeared’ and the history of the Channel Tunnel

    An hour of historical reporting told by the people who were there

  18. Thirty years since the first free elections in South Africa

    Max Pearson presents a collection of this weeks Witness History Episodes

  19. Ebola outbreak and the Friendship Train returns

    Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes

  20. The history of art heists

    Recovering The Scream, the story of St Teresa of Avila and the Kampala terror attacks

  21. Swedish History

    Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes

  22. Seventy-five years of Nato and the Heimlich Manoeuvre

    The 75th anniversary of Nato, Britain's Mirpuri migration, and the Heimlich Manoeuvre

  23. Chinese history

    50 years of the Terracotta Army and the father of Pinyin

  24. Finding early vertebrate’s footprints and the Deaflympic badminton champion

    Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes.

  25. Uruguay's smoking ban and the Carnation Revolution

    Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes

  26. Whisky wars and the Lord of Sipan

    Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes

  27. Skiing and two-headed dogs

    Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes

  28. Letters to Juliet and Saint Valentine’s traditions

    Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes.

  29. Inspirational black women

    Inspirational black women throughout history

  30. Internet cafes and Doomsday seeds

    The opening of the first commercial internet cafe and storing seeds in an Artic vault

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