The History Hour

Documentary series on significant historical events and moments AI summary

BBC World Service Visit website › History · EN · 522 episodes · latest 2026-11-07

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A compilation of the latest Witness History programmes.

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  1. Mexico’s Day of the Dead parade and the Pope in Peru

    2026-11-07 · 1 hr 2 min

    Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes. We learn about how the James Bond film Spectre inspired Mexico City’s first Day of the Dead parade in 2016. Our guest, Professor Erica…

  2. The Siege of Paris and earthquakes in Mexico

    2026-10-31 · 1 hr 1 min

    Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes.We hear a survivor's incredible archive account of living through the Siege of Paris in 1870. Sydney Snell was in her 80s when she recorded her…

  3. The Berlin Wall mural and a new kind of zoo

    2026-10-24 · 1 hr 0 min

    Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes.American artist Keith Haring's bold 1986 mural on the Berlin Wall and British naturalist Gerald Durrell's 1950s mission to save species from…

  4. The chimpanzee who learned American sign language and monkeys in space

    2026-10-17 · 1 hr 1 min

    Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.We hear about the tests on baby rhesus monkeys which would become some of the most controversial in modern science.…

  5. The Falklands War and the assassination of Anwar Sadat

    2026-10-10 · 1 hr 2 min

    Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.We hear from one of the Peruvian pilots who secretly flew fighter jets to help Argentina during the Falklands War in…

  6. Sulawesi's historic cave art and the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls

    2026-10-03 · 1 hr 1 min

    Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Dr. April Nowell, a paleolithic archaeologist and professor of anthropology at the University of…

  7. Manchester's racially inclusive nightclub and the artist who portrayed Nelson Mandela from life

    2026-09-26 · 1 hr 0 min

    Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.We dedicate this edition to Manchester, in England. We hear about the man who opened the city's first racially…

  8. Norway's teacher resistance and Ireland's deadly nightclub fire

    2026-09-19 · 1 hr 0 min

    Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.We hear how Norwegian teachers resisted peddling Nazi propaganda during the German occupation of the Second World War…

  9. The mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry and surviving 9/11

    2026-09-12 · 1 hr 3 min

    Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.We hear how a French curator uncovered lost documents showing that the Nazis researched the Bayeux Tapestry during…

  10. E.T. the Extra Terrestrial and the creator of Star Wars toys

    2026-09-06 · 1 hr 1 min

    Max Pearson presents a collection of science fiction themed Witness History stories from the BBC World Service.Our guest is Lisa Yaszek, Regents' Professor of Science Fiction Studies at Georgia Tech in the USA.Actor…

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Owner
BBC
Oldest episode in feed
08/2015 · over 11 years
Typical length
52 min
Format
Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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