The History Hour Podcast
A compilation of the latest Witness History programmes.
Episodes to download
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The 'Braceros' - America's Mexican Guest Workers
Sat 24 Nov 2018
The US welcomes Mexican migrants, the USSR welcomes foreign students plus Arafat's death
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Japanese Murders in Brazil
Sat 17 Nov 2018
Fanatics killed Japanese immigrants who accepted that Japan had surrendered in WW2.
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The End of World War One
Sat 10 Nov 2018
Eyewitness accounts of the devastating war that changed the world.
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When Russia's Richest Man Was Jailed
Sat 27 Oct 2018
Mikhail Khodorkovsky on his arrest in Russia, Nigerian oil and Desmond Tutu.
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When Belgium Banned Coca Cola
Sat 20 Oct 2018
A strange illness strikes Belgian teenagers, Brazil's Amazon war, and the 1973 oil crisis
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The Nazi Black Book
Sat 13 Oct 2018
The Nazi arrest list for Britain, wartime Austria, and anti-traveller riots in Sweden
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The Street Battle That Rocked Brazil
Sat 6 Oct 2018
The fighting in Sao Paulo in 1968 that drove Brazil deeper into military dictatorship.
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The Arnhem Parachute Drop
Sat 22 Sep 2018
Operation Market Garden, Brazil's nuclear accident, the Battle of Algiers and Cuban spies
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How I Survived a Fire on a Plane
Sat 15 Sep 2018
A lucky escape from a jet plane fire in the 1970s and the killing of Steve Biko.
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Living under Gaddafi
Sat 8 Sep 2018
How Gaddafi changed Libya, the battle for Brick Lane in 70s London, the first MRI scanner
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Surviving the "Death Railway"
Sat 1 Sep 2018
A former prisoner of the Japanese in WW2; Hitler's girl guides and the Lake Nyos disaster
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Albert Speer - Hitler's Architect
Sat 25 Aug 2018
Interviewing a senior Nazi; the Soviet fight against alcohol; German hostage drama.
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Vera Brittain: Anti-Bombing Campaigner
Sat 18 Aug 2018
WW2 anti-bombing protestor, 20 years since Omagh and the birth of the instant noodle.
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WW1: Britain's Conscientious Objectors
Sat 4 Aug 2018
First World War conscientious objectors, Iran bends the nuclear rules, and dancing bears
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The Whitewashing of Zimbabwe's Ancient History
Sat 28 Jul 2018
How the true history of the Great Zimbabwe ruins was uncovered after independence.
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The Killing of the Russian Tsar
Sat 21 Jul 2018
The murder of Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, four daughters and young son in 1918.
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Smiling Buddha: India's First Nuclear Test
Sat 14 Jul 2018
India on the nuclear world stage, the Spiegel Affair and the refugee "Phantom Shipwreck."
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When The US Shot Down An Iranian Airliner
Sat 7 Jul 2018
The tragic story of Flight 655, a Russian art controversy, plus Madeleine Albright
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The Ex-President and the Gun Lobby
Sat 30 Jun 2018
The power of the NRA; murdered Irish journalist, Veronica Guerin; Swedish submarine drama
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Korea Divided: A Bitter History
Sat 16 Jun 2018
Key witnesses to the turbulent history of North and South Korea.
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The 1968 Belgrade Student Revolt
Sat 9 Jun 2018
The 1968 student protest in Communist Yugoslavia and the running craze 'from couch to 5k'
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Free Health Care for All
Sat 2 Jun 2018
The birth of Britain's NHS; the Thalidomide trial; and discovering a baby woolly mammoth
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The Fall of Suharto in Indonesia
Sat 26 May 2018
How riots toppled a dictator; honouring Holocaust survivors in film; 91热爆 lesbian protest.
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May 1968 Paris Riots
Sat 19 May 2018
A riot policeman's view of the violence that swept through France in May 1968
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The Last King of Bulgaria
Sat 12 May 2018
From child king to prime minister, the story of Bulgaria's King Simeon II.
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When Margaret Thatcher Came to Power
Sat 5 May 2018
Britain's first female PM, prisoners on the high seas, and the story of Takeshi's Castle
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The Oslo Peace Talks
Sat 28 Apr 2018
Secret attempt at Mid-East peace, remembering Pablo Picasso, the death of the Red Baron.
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The Zimbabwe Massacres
Sat 14 Apr 2018
Robert Mugabe sent troops to put down opposition supporters in western Zimbabwe in 1983.
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The Good Friday Agreement
Sat 31 Mar 2018
Peace in Northern Ireland; a cross-community Bosnian choir and a pioneering woman banker.
