The History Hour Podcast
A compilation of the latest Witness History programmes.
Episodes to download
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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
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International Women's Day
Sat 11 Mar 2023
A compilation of stories celebrating women who made history
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Pink triangles and political assassinations
Sat 4 Mar 2023
Gay men in Nazi concentration camps and the murder of Serbia's Prime Minister
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Riots in Mauritius and the Queen 'jumping out of a helicopter'
Sat 25 Feb 2023
Ethnic tensions in Mauritius and the Queen's 2012 Olympic wow moment
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'Hot Autumn' and Tutankhamun
Sat 18 Feb 2023
Workers' strikes in Italy and 100 years since the opening of Tutankhamun's burial chamber
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Pirate radio and the Velvet Divorce
Sat 4 Feb 2023
The first black music station in Europe and why Czechoslovakia split into two states
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The death penalty and broadcasting bans
Sat 28 Jan 2023
A prison guard and a hangman discuss capital punishment among other stories
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Horsemeat scandal and the Miracle on the Hudson
Sat 21 Jan 2023
Horsemeat found in burgers and the aeroplane which safely landed on water in New York
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Plastics in oceans and sea cucumbers
Sat 14 Jan 2023
Plastics in oceans were first discovered over fifty years ago
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Pussy Riot and other Russian rebels
Sat 7 Jan 2023
Russian rebels and the most bizarre football match of all time
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Food
Sat 31 Dec 2022
Stories about the history of food, including the creation of ciabatta bread in Italy
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90 years of the 大象传媒 World Service
Christmas Eve 2022
The 大象传媒 Caribbean Service and broadcasting through the Iron Curtain
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District Six and daredevils
Sat 17 Dec 2022
The forced removal of families who weren't white from District Six, in South Africa
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Referendums and Teletubbies
Sat 10 Dec 2022
Max Person presents a collection of this weeks Witness history episodes
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Contested islands and Miss World protests
Sat 3 Dec 2022
How four islands complicate the post World War Two relationship between Japan and Russia
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Anwar Ibrahim and road safety inventions
Sat 26 Nov 2022
Malaysia's Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, on being put on trial among other stories
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Arabian Peninsula
Sat 19 Nov 2022
Stories from the Arabian Peninsula to mark the start of the World Cup in Qatar
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Racist raids, protests and a political assassination
Sat 12 Nov 2022
Racism led to raids in the 1970s, protests in the 1980s, and a political assassination
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The best Championship Manager player ever
Sat 5 Nov 2022
The best Championship Manager player ever and sex-selective abortion in India
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Women taking a stand
Sat 29 Oct 2022
A focus on global events where women have taken a stand for equality from Sudan to Iran
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Cuban boxing and the brink of nuclear war
Sat 22 Oct 2022
Cuban boxing, the brink of nuclear war and baseball as diplomacy
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Global strikes and industrial action
Sat 15 Oct 2022
When workers around the world took industrial action in pursuit of better conditions
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Caribbean carnivals and a racially inclusive nightclub
Sat 8 Oct 2022
Racially inclusive clubbing arrives in Manchester and the release of Gilad Shalit
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Dassler brothers' rift
Sat 1 Oct 2022
The Dassler brothers' rift, castrating Pablo Escobar's hippos and Jomo Kenyatta's rule
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Queen Elizabeth II and broadcasting
Sat 24 Sep 2022
A look at some of Queen Elizabeth II's most significant broadcasts
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Queen Elizabeth II
Sun 18 Sep 2022
Stories from the reign of Queen Elizabeth II including memories of her coronation
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Brazil
Sun 11 Sep 2022
Stories from Brazil, including the murder of Tim Lopes and the creation of Brasilia
