The History Hour
A compilation of the latest Witness History programmes.
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Episodes (495)
The weather report that delayed D-Day and panda-mania in Taiwan
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South American revolutionaries and the first Aboriginal MP
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The first Air Jordan and Imelda Marcos's 3,000 pairs of shoes
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Independence in French Polynesia and the 'Queen of Cuba'
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India’s ambitious ID scheme and the iconic Princess Diana photo
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Paraguay’s ‘disappeared’ and the history of the Channel Tunnel
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Thirty years since the first free elections in South Africa
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Ebola outbreak and the Friendship Train returns
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The history of art heists
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Swedish History
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Seventy-five years of Nato and the Heimlich Manoeuvre
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Chinese history
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Finding early vertebrate’s footprints and the Deaflympic badminton champion
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Uruguay's smoking ban and the Carnation Revolution
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Whisky wars and the Lord of Sipan
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Skiing and two-headed dogs
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Letters to Juliet and Saint Valentine’s traditions
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Inspirational black women
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Internet cafes and Doomsday seeds
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Traitors and treachery
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Lady Tarzan and Ibadan Zoo
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The first lesbian couple to get married and World Laughter Day
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Hindenburg disaster and wingsuits
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Pad Thai, kiwis and the chef Ken Hom
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Tsunamis and Caster Semenya
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Mandela's funeral and Tsar's reburial
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Doom and Danish brains
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Saving animals from extinction and Cabbage Patch Kids
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Zambia celebrates independence and the invention of bubble tea
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The Eyjafjallajokull volcano eruption in Iceland and EpiPen invention
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Pakistani popstars, and the hippo and the tortoise
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Che Guevara's daughter and marrying Freddie Mercury
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Gezi Park protests and MAD hijack
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Osmondmania! and the launch of Lagos Fashion Week
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The creation of Ghana's flag and the oldest person at primary school
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Marking 50 years since the 1973 global oil crisis
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The Lampedusa disaster and cat cafes
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Nazi eugenics and the year of the vuvuzela
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Israeli and Palestinian history
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The Chilean coup and Zanzibar’s most famous singer
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Historic Korean summit and goat island
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Ireland's 'ghost estates' and the first Rose of Tralee
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Judy Garland's legacy and the Benin Bronzes
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Presidential diamonds and Tupperware parties
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Dinosaur discoveries and a Berlin Wall treehouse
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West African food and computer viruses
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Wartime surrenders and the birth of Barbie
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Five great inventions that changed the world
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Tourism arrives in the Maldives and a royal night out
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South Korea store collapse and Lady Gaga's meat dress
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