The History Hour
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The History Hour
A compilation of the latest Witness History programmes.
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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...
Ronald Reagan and Lonesome George
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Dolly Jørgensen, Professor of Hist...
Discovery of the first exoplanets and the goalie who killed a seagull
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
Our guest is Dr Jeni Millard, a science p...
Battle of the Beanfield and the Champions League anthem
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
Our guest is Dr Nivi Manchanda, a reader...
The history of photography
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
The expert guest is Dr Mirjam Brusius, a...
Sweden’s Vipeholm experiments and the Intervision Song Contest
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Dr Elizabeth Abbott, writer, histo...
Rescuing Palmyra’s treasures and 80 years since VE Day
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Rubina Raja, professor of classica...
The Vietnam War and the expansion of the EU
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service about the Vietnam War and the invention of the h...
Secret D-Day rehearsal and YouTube begins
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is World War Two military historian a...
The Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and World Book Day
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
It’s 50 years since soldiers of the comm...
Bonus: Defeated
8th May 1945 was a day of rejoicing in Britain, the US and many other countries: Germany had surrendered, and World War II was over, at least in Europ...
Nazis and sex strikes
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Dr Katrin Paehler, Professor of mo...
The wonder woman of the comic world and Namibia's 'ghost town'
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
We hear from the first woman to lead DC Co...
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 from the BBC World Service.
We hear about the historic moment in Niger...
The history of space travel
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
This week we’re looking at the history of...
The Americans with Disabilities Act and the invention of GPS
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
We find out about the landmark protest in...
The invention of the shopping trolley and the Calais 'Jungle'
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
We find out how Sylvan Goldman’s inventio...
Discovering the haemoglobin structure and the Nellie massacre
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
We hear about the moment Dr Max Perutz di...
Death of a language and the world’s longest kiss
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
We hear about the death of one of the old...
Great speeches from around the world
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. We discuss the 1992 speech given by Australian...
Cult films and a 'rockstar' philosopher
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is film critic and journalist Helen O...
The 'Wolf Children' of World War Two and China's TV lessons
We hear from 'wolf child' Luise Quietsch who was separated from her family and forced to flee East Prussia. Whilst trying to survive during World War...
Back to 1995
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History episodes, all about events which happened in 1995.
First, we hear how Microsoft...
World War Two on film and Africa's landmark lifestyle magazine
Josephine McDermott sits in for Max Pearson presenting a collection of the week’s Witness History episodes.
We hear from the author who stumbled...