The History Hour Episodes Episode guide
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Bungee jumping and the Benidorm boom
How holidays evolved from luxury cruises to exotic locations
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Boko Haram massacre in Nigeria and the Irish shopworkers strike
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week鈥檚 Witness History episodes
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The weather report that delayed D-Day and panda-mania in Taiwan
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week鈥檚 Witness History episodes
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South American revolutionaries and the first Aboriginal MP
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes
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The first Air Jordan and Imelda Marcos's 3,000 pairs of shoes
Max Pearson presents a collection footwear themed Witness History programmes.
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Independence in French Polynesia and the 'Queen of Cuba'
How nuclear testing changed politics in French Polynesia, and catching spy Ana Montes
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India鈥檚 ambitious ID scheme and the iconic Princess Diana photo
A unique digital ID for one billion Indians and Princess Diana alone at the Taj Mahal
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Paraguay鈥檚 鈥榙isappeared鈥� and the history of the Channel Tunnel
An hour of historical reporting told by the people who were there
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Thirty years since the first free elections in South Africa
Max Pearson presents a collection of this weeks Witness History Episodes
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Ebola outbreak and the Friendship Train returns
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week鈥檚 Witness History episodes
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The history of art heists
Recovering The Scream, the story of St Teresa of Avila and the Kampala terror attacks
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Swedish History
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week鈥檚 Witness History episodes
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Seventy-five years of Nato and the Heimlich Manoeuvre
The 75th anniversary of Nato, Britain's Mirpuri migration, and the Heimlich Manoeuvre
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Chinese history
50 years of the Terracotta Army and the father of Pinyin
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Finding early vertebrate鈥檚 footprints and the Deaflympic badminton champion
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week鈥檚 Witness History episodes.
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Uruguay's smoking ban and the Carnation Revolution
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week鈥檚 Witness History episodes
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Whisky wars and the Lord of Sipan
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week鈥檚 Witness History episodes
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Skiing and two-headed dogs
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week鈥檚 Witness History episodes
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Letters to Juliet and Saint Valentine鈥檚 traditions
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week鈥檚 Witness History episodes.
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Inspirational black women
Inspirational black women throughout history
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Internet cafes and Doomsday seeds
The opening of the first commercial internet cafe and storing seeds in an Artic vault
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Traitors and treachery
Historical figures branded traitors
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Lady Tarzan and Ibadan Zoo
Why Nigeria went went wild for Ibadan Zoo and the Indian campaigner nicknamed Lady Tarzan
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The first lesbian couple to get married and World Laughter Day
A collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the 大象传媒 World Service
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Hindenburg disaster and wingsuits
Herb Morrison's iconic broadcast about the airship crash and the invention of wingsuits
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Pad Thai, kiwis and the chef Ken Hom
The disputed history of Thailand鈥檚 national dish and how Ken Hom promoted Chinese cookery
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Tsunamis and Caster Semenya
The tsunami that devastated Samoa and when Caster Semenya faced questions over her gender
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Mandela's funeral and Tsar's reburial
Nelson Mandela's daughter talks about her father's funeral and Russia buries its past
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Doom and Danish brains
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week鈥檚 Witness History episodes
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Saving animals from extinction and Cabbage Patch Kids
The Peruvian bird saved from the brink of extinction and the Cabbage Patch Kids craze
