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The History Hour Episodes

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    Escaping Eritrea and inventing Zumba

    One woman's journey to escape Eritrea and how Zumba was invented by accident

  2. The godfather of manicures and India's Silicon Valley

    Vietnam's manicure godfather and how Bengaluru became India鈥檚 Silicon Valley

  3. Film and cinema around the world

    The longest running Indian film and freeing Free Willy

  4. The Invasion of Iraq

    Stories marking 20 years since the American led invasion of Iraq in March 2003

  5. International Women's Day

    A compilation of stories celebrating women who made history

  6. Pink triangles and political assassinations

    Gay men in Nazi concentration camps and the murder of Serbia's Prime Minister

  7. Riots in Mauritius and the Queen 'jumping out of a helicopter'

    Ethnic tensions in Mauritius and the Queen's 2012 Olympic wow moment

  8. 'Hot Autumn' and Tutankhamun

    Workers' strikes in Italy and 100 years since the opening of Tutankhamun's burial chamber

  9. Popes

    Stories about the history of the papacy, including Benedict XVI's resignation

  10. Pirate radio and the Velvet Divorce

    The first black music station in Europe and why Czechoslovakia split into two states

  11. The death penalty and broadcasting bans

    A prison guard and a hangman discuss capital punishment among other stories

  12. Horsemeat scandal and the Miracle on the Hudson

    Horsemeat found in burgers and the aeroplane which safely landed on water in New York

  13. Plastics in oceans and sea cucumbers

    Plastics in oceans were first discovered over fifty years ago

  14. Pussy Riot and other Russian rebels

    Russian rebels and the most bizarre football match of all time

  15. Food

    Stories about the history of food, including the creation of ciabatta bread in Italy

  16. 90 years of the 成人快手 World Service

    The 成人快手 Caribbean Service and broadcasting through the Iron Curtain

  17. District Six and daredevils

    The forced removal of families who weren't white from District Six, in South Africa

  18. Referendums and Teletubbies

    Max Person presents a collection of this weeks Witness history episodes

  19. Contested islands and Miss World protests

    How four islands complicate the post World War Two relationship between Japan and Russia

  20. Anwar Ibrahim and road safety inventions

    Malaysia's Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, on being put on trial among other stories

  21. Arabian Peninsula

    Stories from the Arabian Peninsula to mark the start of the World Cup in Qatar

  22. Racist raids, protests and a political assassination

    Racism led to raids in the 1970s, protests in the 1980s, and a political assassination

  23. The best Championship Manager player ever

    The best Championship Manager player ever and sex-selective abortion in India

  24. Women taking a stand

    A focus on global events where women have taken a stand for equality from Sudan to Iran

  25. Cuban boxing and the brink of nuclear war

    Cuban boxing, the brink of nuclear war and baseball as diplomacy

  26. Global strikes and industrial action

    When workers around the world took industrial action in pursuit of better conditions

  27. Caribbean carnivals and a racially inclusive nightclub

    Racially inclusive clubbing arrives in Manchester and the release of Gilad Shalit

  28. Dassler brothers' rift

    The Dassler brothers' rift, castrating Pablo Escobar's hippos and Jomo Kenyatta's rule

  29. Queen Elizabeth II and broadcasting

    A look at some of Queen Elizabeth II's most significant broadcasts

  30. Queen Elizabeth II

    Stories from the reign of Queen Elizabeth II including memories of her coronation

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