The History Hour
History

The History Hour

by BBC World Service

A compilation of the latest Witness History programmes.

102 episodes
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1
A papal visit and German reunification
1:00:30 Mar 28, 2026
2
The 'Cyprus Emergency’ and India’s nuclear mango deal
1:00:29 Mar 21, 2026
3
Movie history: Seven Samurai and Casablanca
1:00:46 Mar 14, 2026
4
Sweden and the USA's diplomatic freeze and Elvis in the UK
1:01:40 Mar 7, 2026
5
Blood diamonds and the meeting between Florence Nightingale and Aga Khan III
59:57 Feb 28, 2026
6
The Shetland Bus and toxic shock syndrome
1:00:12 Feb 21, 2026
7
Italian history
1:00:38 Feb 14, 2026
8
Creating Mr Men and the Austrian wine scandal
1:01:26 Feb 7, 2026
9
Chile’s Penguin Revolution and the 5,000-year-old frozen mummy
1:00:37 Jan 31, 2026
10
The priest behind a new airport and Agatha Christie
59:49 Jan 24, 2026
11
The birth of the modern fitted kitchen and the creation of Cluedo
1:00:14 Jan 17, 2026
12
The House of the Spirits and Tracey Emin's unmade bed
1:01:13 Jan 10, 2026
13
The American Freedom Train and the invention of text messaging
1:00:30 Jan 3, 2026
14
The history of toys
1:01:11 Dec 27, 2025
15
Norway’s sushi contribution and Laurel and Hardy’s Christmas
1:00:48 Dec 20, 2025
16
Banky's 'Dismaland' and the Paris climate agreement
1:00:55 Dec 13, 2025
17
Introducing The Bomb: Kennedy and Khrushchev
4:11 Dec 11, 2025
18
Nigerian history
1:00:19 Dec 6, 2025
19
Literary hoaxes and an underground cathedral
1:01:21 Nov 29, 2025
20
Juan Carlos becomes King of Spain and ending the Bosnian war
1:00:50 Nov 22, 2025
21
Speed of Sound and prosecuting Nazis
1:01:38 Nov 15, 2025
22
The largest dinosaur and creating Miffy
1:00:26 Nov 8, 2025
23
Emerante de Pradines and Orson Welles’s The War of the Worlds
1:00:19 Nov 1, 2025
24
Music producer Sonny Roberts and treating diabetes
1:00:48 Oct 25, 2025
25
Nordic Noir and the Moomins
1:00:03 Oct 18, 2025
26
The evacuation of Tristan da Cunha and Japan surrenders to China at the end of World War Two
59:50 Oct 10, 2025
27
India's nine day tea strike and the birth of the Excel spreadsheet
59:20 Oct 4, 2025
28
The origins of Indian cinema and the start of Scouting
1:00:00 Sep 27, 2025
29
The fight against sexual harassment in Egypt and Omar Sharif enters the world stage
59:58 Sep 20, 2025
30
Nigeria’s Festac’77 and Gander’s generosity during 9/11
1:00:31 Sep 12, 2025
31
The Chindits and USAID
1:00:31 Sep 6, 2025
32
Washington DC and a film noir classic
1:00:02 Aug 29, 2025
33
BlackBerry phones and Spot the dog
59:07 Aug 23, 2025
34
Indonesian history
50:20 Aug 15, 2025
35
Nagasaki bomb and Brazil’s biggest bank heist
50:52 Aug 9, 2025
36
Russian revolutionaries and Japan’s record breaking rollercoaster
50:54 Aug 1, 2025
37
Saxophone diplomacy and bulletproof vests
50:51 Jul 25, 2025
38
Nuclear diplomacy and Italo disco
51:13 Jul 19, 2025
39
The 'trial of the juntas' and Evita’s missing body
50:59 Jul 12, 2025
40
Dancing in the Street and Ai Weiwei
50:53 Jul 5, 2025
41
Robert Kennedy's funeral train and the opening of the Medellin Metro
50:58 Jun 28, 2025
42
Jaws and the Charleston church shooting
51:07 Jun 21, 2025
43
Ronald Reagan and Lonesome George
50:51 Jun 14, 2025
44
Discovery of the first exoplanets and the goalie who killed a seagull
51:23 Jun 7, 2025
45
Battle of the Beanfield and the Champions League anthem
51:04 May 31, 2025
46
The history of photography
50:58 May 24, 2025
47
Sweden’s Vipeholm experiments and the Intervision Song Contest
51:00 May 17, 2025
48
Rescuing Palmyra’s treasures and 80 years since VE Day
50:33 May 10, 2025
49
The Vietnam War and the expansion of the EU
50:51 May 3, 2025
50
Secret D-Day rehearsal and YouTube begins
51:32 Apr 26, 2025
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