The History Hour
Hosted by Max Pearson · BBC World Service
4.4from 795 ratings
- 521
- Episodes
- 130
- Transcribed
- 795
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2015
- First episode
About The History Hour
A compilation of the latest Witness History programmes.
- Publisher
- BBC World Service
- Category
- history · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 15 Aug 2015
- Latest episode
- 7 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
130 of 521 episodes have a transcript.
7 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Mexico’s Day of the Dead parade and the Pope in Peru
31 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Siege of Paris and earthquakes in Mexico
24 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Berlin Wall mural and a new kind of zoo
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Mexico’s Day of the Dead parade and the Pope in Peru
Published 7 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] We need to put her shoes, we need to put the tequila that she liked, and let's put the bread that she liked. It was a day where we were always told they would come back. So we celebrated their life on that day and we remember them with a lot of love, with a lot of flavors and the typical Mexican food. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on The History Hour
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Erica Borgstrom
- Beatrice Heuser
- Dr Lucy Weir
- Alexandra Hildebrandt
- Gerald Durrell
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.3 / 5
- 560 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 235 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 66 / 100
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- Quality
- 92
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 99
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Who hosts The History Hour?
Max Pearson host the show. Published by BBC World Service.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does The History Hour take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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