Podscud - The History Hour

The History Hour

From:BBC World Service

🇬🇧 United Kingdom·English

History Society & Culture

A compilation of the latest Witness History programmes.

Fighting for the pill in Japan

6 years

Fighting for the pill in Japan

50m

VE Day Special

6 years

VE Day Special

53m

The 1957 flu pandemic

6 years

The 1957 flu pandemic

50m

The last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade

6 years

The last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade

50m

Apollo 13: The drama that gripped the world

6 years

Apollo 13: The drama that gripped the world

51m

How technology revolutionised our lives

6 years

How technology revolutionised our lives

50m

Women in the law

6 years

Women in the law

49m

The AIDS memorial quilt - a patchwork of loss

6 years

The AIDS memorial quilt - a patchwork of loss

50m

The launch of the Hubble Space Telescope

6 years

The launch of the Hubble Space Telescope

50m

The 1918 'Spanish' flu pandemic

6 years

The 1918 'Spanish' flu pandemic

50m

The history of the Volkswagen Beetle

6 years

The history of the Volkswagen Beetle

50m

Freeing American prisoners from Iran

6 years

Freeing American prisoners from Iran

50m

Saving Antarctica

6 years

Saving Antarctica

50m

The publication of Harry Potter

6 years

The publication of Harry Potter

49m

London's first black policeman

6 years

London's first black policeman

50m

The early days of the European Union

6 years

The early days of the European Union

50m

The mystery of the disappearing frogs

6 years

The mystery of the disappearing frogs

50m

Storming the Stasi HQ

6 years

Storming the Stasi HQ

50m

The Computers for Schools revolution

6 years

The Computers for Schools revolution

50m

The book that warned of an end to civilisation

6 years

The book that warned of an end to civilisation

50m

The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

6 years

The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

49m

The Romanian revolution

6 years

The Romanian revolution

50m

The Cuban writer who defied Castro

6 years

The Cuban writer who defied Castro

50m

The man who gave his voice to Stephen Hawking

6 years

The man who gave his voice to Stephen Hawking

50m

I saw the soldiers who killed El Salvador's priests

6 years

I saw the soldiers who killed El Salvador's priests

50m

Rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean

6 years

Rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean

50m

Britain's secret propaganda war

6 years

Britain's secret propaganda war

50m

'Jane' - the underground abortion service

7 years

'Jane' - the underground abortion service

48m

The fall of the Berlin Wall

7 years

The fall of the Berlin Wall

49m

An environmental history special

7 years

An environmental history special

50m