The History Hour

A podcast by BBC World Service - Saturdays

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416 Episodes

  1. Boko Haram massacre in Nigeria and the Irish shopworkers strike

    Published: 14/06/2024
  2. The weather report that delayed D-Day and panda-mania in Taiwan

    Published: 07/06/2024
  3. South American revolutionaries and the first Aboriginal MP

    Published: 31/05/2024
  4. The first Air Jordan and Imelda Marcos's 3,000 pairs of shoes

    Published: 24/05/2024
  5. Independence in French Polynesia and the 'Queen of Cuba'

    Published: 17/05/2024
  6. India’s ambitious ID scheme and the iconic Princess Diana photo

    Published: 10/05/2024
  7. Paraguay’s ‘disappeared’ and the history of the Channel Tunnel

    Published: 03/05/2024
  8. Thirty years since the first free elections in South Africa

    Published: 26/04/2024
  9. Ebola outbreak and the Friendship Train returns

    Published: 20/04/2024
  10. The history of art heists

    Published: 12/04/2024
  11. Swedish History

    Published: 05/04/2024
  12. Seventy-five years of Nato and the Heimlich Manoeuvre

    Published: 30/03/2024
  13. Chinese history

    Published: 23/03/2024
  14. Finding early vertebrate’s footprints and the Deaflympic badminton champion

    Published: 16/03/2024
  15. Uruguay's smoking ban and the Carnation Revolution

    Published: 09/03/2024
  16. Whisky wars and the Lord of Sipan

    Published: 02/03/2024
  17. Skiing and two-headed dogs

    Published: 24/02/2024
  18. Letters to Juliet and Saint Valentine’s traditions

    Published: 17/02/2024
  19. Inspirational black women

    Published: 10/02/2024
  20. Internet cafes and Doomsday seeds

    Published: 03/02/2024

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