The History Hour Podcast
A compilation of the latest Witness History programmes.
Episodes to download
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Belgium鈥檚 royal affair and Montenegro gains independence
Saturday
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week鈥檚 Witness History episodes
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The first reality game show and a joik performance on Eurovision
Sat 16 May 2026
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes
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Sir David Attenborough's first Zoo Quest and a WW2 sabotage mission in Norway
Sat 9 May 2026
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes
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The world鈥檚 first perfume archive and Dutch car-free Sundays in the global oil crisis
Sat 2 May 2026
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes
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Cleaning up Chernobyl and Canada鈥檚 war in the woods
Sat 25 Apr 2026
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week鈥檚 Witness History episodes
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Winning the Booker Prize and discovering a lost fairytale
Sat 18 Apr 2026
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes.
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Hitler鈥檚 teeth and the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Sat 11 Apr 2026
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes
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The discovery of the Terra Nova shipwreck and Echo the elephant
Sat 4 Apr 2026
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes
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A papal visit and German reunification
Sat 28 Mar 2026
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week鈥檚 Witness History episodes
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The 'Cyprus Emergency鈥� and India鈥檚 nuclear mango deal
Sat 21 Mar 2026
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week鈥檚 Witness History episodes
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Movie history: Seven Samurai and Casablanca
Sat 14 Mar 2026
A globally influential Japanese movie and a Hollywood classic
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Sweden and the USA's diplomatic freeze and Elvis in the UK
Sat 7 Mar 2026
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week鈥檚 Witness History episodes
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Blood diamonds and the meeting between Florence Nightingale and Aga Khan III
Sat 28 Feb 2026
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews
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The Shetland Bus and toxic shock syndrome
Sat 21 Feb 2026
Max Pearson presents a collection of Witness History and Sporting Witness episodes
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Italian history
Sat 14 Feb 2026
Pink Floyd's controversial 1989 concert in Venice, and film star Gina Lollobrigida
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Creating Mr Men and the Austrian wine scandal
Sat 7 Feb 2026
Max Pearson presents a collection of Witness History and Sporting Witness episodes
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Chile鈥檚 Penguin Revolution and the 5,000-year-old frozen mummy
Sat 31 Jan 2026
Children march in protest in Chile and a perfectly preserved mummy is found in the Alps
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The priest behind a new airport and Agatha Christie
Sat 24 Jan 2026
An hour of historical reporting told by the people who were there
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The birth of the modern fitted kitchen and the creation of Cluedo
Sat 17 Jan 2026
A compilation of the latest Witness History programmes
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The House of the Spirits and Tracey Emin's unmade bed
Sat 10 Jan 2026
Isabel Allende's debut novel in 1982 and a controversial piece of art in 1999
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The American Freedom Train and the invention of text messaging
Sat 3 Jan 2026
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes
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The history of toys
Sat 27 Dec 2025
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week鈥檚 Witness History episodes
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Norway鈥檚 sushi contribution and Laurel and Hardy鈥檚 Christmas
Sat 20 Dec 2025
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week鈥檚 Witness History episodes
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Banky's 'Dismaland' and the Paris climate agreement
Sat 13 Dec 2025
Max Pearson presents a collection of Witness History and Sporting Witness episodes
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Nigerian history
Sat 6 Dec 2025
Max Pearson presents a collection of Witness History and Sporting Witness episodes
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Literary hoaxes and an underground cathedral
Sat 29 Nov 2025
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes
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Juan Carlos becomes King of Spain and ending the Bosnian war
Sat 22 Nov 2025
King Juan Carlos takes the throne in 1975 and the Dayton Peace Accords in 1995
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Speed of Sound and prosecuting Nazis
Sat 15 Nov 2025
The first major war crimes trial in 1945 and breaking the sound barrier in 1947
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The largest dinosaur and creating Miffy
Sat 8 Nov 2025
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes
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Emerante de Pradines and Orson Welles鈥檚 The War of the Worlds
Sat 1 Nov 2025
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes
