The History Hour Episodes Available now
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
The history of space travel
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week鈥檚 Witness History episodes
The Americans with Disabilities Act and the invention of GPS
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes
The invention of the shopping trolley and the Calais 'Jungle'
How the shopping trolley was invented in 1937 and the 2015 European migrant crisis
Discovering the haemoglobin structure and the Nellie massacre
One of the greatest scientific discoveries of the 20th century and the Nellie massacre
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
Great speeches from around the world
A look at some of the great speeches from the last decade of history
Cult films and a 'rockstar' philosopher
How a film flops become cult classics and the philosopher behind deconstruction theory
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
Back to 1995
We鈥檙e hearing stories from 30 years ago
