The History Hour Episodes Available now

Panama and the 'Purple Heart Battalion'
How the Panama Canal changed the Americas, and the US military's most successful regiment

Women making a mark
Inspiring and influential women from around the world in partnership with 91Èȱ¬ 100 Women

'Mozart of chess’ and the deepest man-made hole in the world
A compilation of Witness History and Sporting Witness episodes.

The Siege of Yarmouk and Iran's 'house churches'
The pianist who played on when Damascus was bombed and the Christians who met in secret

The ‘Battle of the Surfaces’ and becoming a republic
A half-clay, half-grass tennis court, losing a crown and a mine rescue

Female heroes of WW2 and the Iranian Revolution
Female heroes from WW2, the pioneering 'Baby' computer and the Iranian Revolution

Magic, illusion and tigers
The Siegfried and Roy show in Las Vegas which ended in a tiger attack and tragedy in 2003

Dungeons & Dragons and dinosaur remains
Fifty years of the fantasy tabletop role-play game and a fossil discovery

Flower revolutions
The Sunflower Movement in Taiwan in 2014 and the Rose Revolution in Georgia in 2003

Technology and artificial intelligence
The stories behind the first electronic computers, chatbots, QR codes and humanoid robots