The History Hour Episodes Available now
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'Mozart of chess’ and the deepest man-made hole in the world
A compilation of Witness History and Sporting Witness episodes.
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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
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The ‘Battle of the Surfaces’ and becoming a republic
A half-clay, half-grass tennis court, losing a crown and a mine rescue
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Female heroes of WW2 and the Iranian Revolution
Female heroes from WW2, the pioneering 'Baby' computer and the Iranian Revolution
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Magic, illusion and tigers
The Siegfried and Roy show in Las Vegas which ended in a tiger attack and tragedy in 2003
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Dungeons & Dragons and dinosaur remains
Fifty years of the fantasy tabletop role-play game and a fossil discovery
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Flower revolutions
The Sunflower Movement in Taiwan in 2014 and the Rose Revolution in Georgia in 2003
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Technology and artificial intelligence
The stories behind the first electronic computers, chatbots, QR codes and humanoid robots
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Latin America's longest plane hijacking and Kristallnacht
How one Latin American flight was hijacked for 60 hours and the infamous Kristallnacht
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South Africa’s Immorality Act and India's Mars Orbiter Mission
South Africa's ban on inter-racial relationships, the Estonia ferry disaster and Tupac