The History Hour Podcast
A compilation of the latest Witness History programmes.
Episodes to download
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Marking 50 years since the 1973 global oil crisis
Sat 7 Oct 2023
Why oil prices spiralled in 1973, plus Amoco Cadiz, one of the world鈥檚 largest oil spills
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The Lampedusa disaster and cat cafes
Sat 30 Sep 2023
The sinking of a migrant boat 10 years ago, and the world's first cat cafe in Taiwan.
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Nazi eugenics and the year of the vuvuzela
Sat 23 Sep 2023
Adolf Hitler鈥檚 order to sterilise people, and the 鈥榳orld鈥檚 most annoying instrument鈥�
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Israeli and Palestinian history
Sat 16 Sep 2023
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes.
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The Chilean coup and Zanzibar鈥檚 most famous singer
Sat 9 Sep 2023
The 1973 military coup in Chile and Zanzibar鈥檚 鈥榞olden grandmother of music鈥�
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Historic Korean summit and goat island
Sat 2 Sep 2023
The first inter-Korean summit in 50 years and the Mexican island overrun by goats
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Ireland's 'ghost estates' and the first Rose of Tralee
Sat 26 Aug 2023
The Celtic Tiger, the first Rose of Tralee and activist swimmers in Dublin.
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Judy Garland's legacy and the Benin Bronzes
Sat 19 Aug 2023
The legacy of Judy Garland and the return of two looted Benin Bronzes stolen in 1897
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Presidential diamonds and Tupperware parties
Sat 12 Aug 2023
A duck that toppled a president, a British train robbery and the Tupperware party boom.
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Dinosaur discoveries and a Berlin Wall treehouse
Sat 5 Aug 2023
Prehistoric eggs, a dinosaur in court and the treehouse built beside the Berlin Wall.
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West African food and computer viruses
Sat 29 Jul 2023
The rise of Mr Bigg's in Nigeria and the man who made the first personal computer virus
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Wartime surrenders and the birth of Barbie
Sat 22 Jul 2023
A compilation of this week's Witness History episodes
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Five great inventions that changed the world
Sat 15 Jul 2023
The world's first robot dog, the first emoji and the invention of the Rubik's Cube
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Tourism arrives in the Maldives and a royal night out
Sat 8 Jul 2023
How tourism began in the Maldives, the start of the NHS in the UK and a royal night out
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South Korea store collapse and Lady Gaga's meat dress
Sat 1 Jul 2023
Seoul's department store collapse and the man who made Lady Gaga's meat dress
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Somalia's civil war and golf on the moon
Sat 24 Jun 2023
The Somali pilot who defied orders to bomb civilians, and playing golf on the moon
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Amazing photographs and the people who took them
Sat 17 Jun 2023
Focusing on Lee Miller in Hitler's bath, a shell-shocked US marine and an unseen Africa
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Inuit children taken from families and Le Mans crash
Sat 10 Jun 2023
Why children like Adamie Kalingo were taken from their indigenous communities in Canada
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Scaling Everest, the highest mountain in the world
Sat 3 Jun 2023
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, were the first people to reach the summit of Everest
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Bosnian concentration camp photo and hero clown
Sat 27 May 2023
A shocking photo from the Yugoslav war and how a clown helped after an earthquake in Peru
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Singapore executes Filipina maid and German child evacuees of World War Two
Sat 20 May 2023
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week鈥檚 Witness History episodes
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World War Two African victory and 'Kai Tak heart attack'
Sat 13 May 2023
The Allies' campaign in North Africa and the last flight out of a Hong Kong airport
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The 'Stone of Destiny' and a self-proclaimed Emperor
Sat 6 May 2023
The removal of a symbolic royal stone and the former child King turned Prime Minister
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Artist Althea McNish and history of the Met Gala
Sat 29 Apr 2023
Trinidadian Althea McNish designs for Queen Elizabeth II and the Met Gala's popularity
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The history of dogs
Sat 22 Apr 2023
Inventing the labradoodle, the first dog in space and the world's first therapy dog
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Unearthing World War II mass graves and the Boston bombing
Sat 15 Apr 2023
The unearthing of a mass grave in Ukraine, and the Boston bombing in 2013
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Escaping Eritrea and inventing Zumba
Sat 8 Apr 2023
One woman's journey to escape Eritrea and how Zumba was invented by accident
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The godfather of manicures and India's Silicon Valley
Sat 1 Apr 2023
Vietnam's manicure godfather and how Bengaluru became India鈥檚 Silicon Valley
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Film and cinema around the world
Sat 25 Mar 2023
The longest running Indian film and freeing Free Willy
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The Invasion of Iraq
Sat 18 Mar 2023
Stories marking 20 years since the American led invasion of Iraq in March 2003
