The History Hour
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The History Hour
A compilation of the latest Witness History programmes.
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Solar-powered flight and the Crazy Horse Memorial
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes.
This week, we hear about the first solar-powered flight around the wor...
The Spanish Civil War and the Birkin bag
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
This week, we mark 90 years since the st...
Buildings of power and the Dada art movement
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
Our guest is Mateja Kurir, associate prof...
The return of Chief Long Wolf and The Statue of Liberty's facelift
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
Our guest is Jan English from the Americ...
The Slip Slop Slap campaign and the Brexit referendum
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
Our guest is Devi Sridhar, Professor of...
An uprising in South Africa and an exodus in the Caucasus
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Professor Rachel E. Johnson, Profe...
Opening the archives: A cellist, a playwright and a king
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. And today, we’re celebrating international arch...
The creation of Inspector Montalbano and Australia's first Big Thing
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Professor Giuliana Pieri, an exper...
Mexican history: A love song and a gas explosion
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
Our guest is Michelle Meinhart, a reader...
Belgium’s royal affair and Montenegro gains independence
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
First, the story of the Belgian teenager...
The first reality game show and a joik performance on Eurovision
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
We start with the launch of Expedition Ro...
The world’s first perfume archive and Dutch car-free Sundays in the global oil crisis
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. This week, we hear from a perfumer who in 1990...
Cleaning up Chernobyl and Canada’s war in the woods
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
On the 40th anniversary of the nuclear d...
Movie history: Seven Samurai and Casablanca
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is media, culture and creative indust...
Blood diamonds and the meeting between Florence Nightingale and Aga Khan III
We begin with the trial of the former President of Liberia, Charles Taylor. It was claimed that he traded in arms and ammunition in return for so-call...
Italian history
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Scottish writer, editor and music...
Creating Mr Men and the Austrian wine scandal
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History and Sporting Witness episodes from the BBC World Service.
What does a t...
The priest behind a new airport and Agatha Christie
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
Our guest Sugandhi Jayaraman, lecturer in...
The birth of the modern fitted kitchen and the creation of Cluedo
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
Our guest is food historian Dr Annie Gray...
The House of the Spirits and Tracey Emin's unmade bed
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
This programme contains distressing detai...
The history of toys
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
We learn about how Play-Doh evolved from a...
Norway’s sushi contribution and Laurel and Hardy’s Christmas
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
We learn about how a Norwegian businessm...
Nordic Noir and the Moomins
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
Indian-based author and podcaster Purba...
The evacuation of Tristan da Cunha and Japan surrenders to China at the end of World War Two
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
We start with a BBC archive interview wh...
India's nine day tea strike and the birth of the Excel spreadsheet
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History episodes.
Tea expert Sabita Banerji talks about the history of tea in India. We...
The origins of Indian cinema and the start of Scouting
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History episodes taking us from India to Texas.
Professor Sunny Singh, author of A Boll...
The fight against sexual harassment in Egypt and Omar Sharif enters the world stage
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History episodes, all with an Egyptian theme.
We find out more about the 2014 fight agai...
Nigeria’s Festac’77 and Gander’s generosity during 9/11
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Lucy Durán, a Spanish ethnomusicol...
The Chindits and USAID
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's episodes of Witness History.
The formation of an unconventional special force during the Second...
Washington DC and a film noir classic
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
We learn why the Mount Pleasant riots eru...
BlackBerry phones and Spot the dog
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Jacquie McNish, author and former...
Indonesian history
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
Our guest is Dr Anne-Lot Hoek, a research...
Nagasaki bomb and Brazil’s biggest bank heist
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Simone Turchetti, Professor of the...
Russian revolutionaries and Japan’s record breaking rollercoaster
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
Our guest is Dr Lara Douds, Assistant Prof...
Saxophone diplomacy and bulletproof vests
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Dr Natalia Grincheva, an expert in...
Nuclear diplomacy and Italo disco
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Dina Esfandiary, Middle East Geo-e...
The 'trial of the juntas' and Evita’s missing body
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History episodes, all with an Argentine theme.
We find out more about the 1985 ‘trial o...
Dancing in the Street and Ai Weiwei
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes including the story behind Mick Jagger and David Bowie's duet for Live Aid in...
Robert Kennedy's funeral train and the opening of the Medellin Metro
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service, all related to trains and journeys which have h...
Jaws and the Charleston church shooting
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
This programme includes outdated and offe...