The History Hour

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A compilation of the latest Witness History programmes.

Banky's 'Dismaland' and the Paris climate agreement
Max Pearson presents a collection of Witness History and Sporting Witness episodes
Introducing The Bomb: Kennedy and Khrushchev
Nuclear war is terrifyingly close. Can the superpowers stop a global catastrophe?
Nigerian history
Max Pearson presents a collection of Witness History and Sporting Witness episodes
Literary hoaxes and an underground cathedral
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes
Juan Carlos becomes King of Spain and ending the Bosnian war
King Juan Carlos takes the throne in 1975 and the Dayton Peace Accords in 1995
Speed of Sound and prosecuting Nazis
The first major war crimes trial in 1945 and breaking the sound barrier in 1947
The largest dinosaur and creating Miffy
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes
Emerante de Pradines and Orson Welles’s The War of the Worlds
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes
Music producer Sonny Roberts and treating diabetes
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s witness history episodes
Nordic Noir and the Moomins
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes about writers.
The evacuation of Tristan da Cunha and Japan surrenders to China at the end of World War Two
The evacuation of a remote island in 1961 and Japan's surrender in Beijing in 1945
India's nine day tea strike and the birth of the Excel spreadsheet
An hour of historical reporting told by the people who were there.
The origins of Indian cinema and the start of Scouting
An hour of historical reporting told by the people who were there.
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 from Egypt
Nigeria’s Festac’77 and Gander’s generosity during 9/11
The 1977 celebration of African culture and sanctuary for 7000 stranded flight passengers
The Chindits and USAID
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's episodes of Witness History
Washington DC and a film noir classic
The 1991 riots that erupted in the US capital, plus the making of a movie classic
BlackBerry phones and Spot the dog
The rise and fall of BlackBerry phones, and the interactive children's book
Indonesian history
It's 80 years since Indonesia declared independence
Nagasaki bomb and Brazil’s biggest bank heist
An hour of historical reporting told by the people who were there