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The History Hour Episodes

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    The death penalty and broadcasting bans

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

  2. Horsemeat scandal and the Miracle on the Hudson

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

  3. Plastics in oceans and sea cucumbers

    Plastics in oceans were first discovered over fifty years ago

  4. Pussy Riot and other Russian rebels

    Russian rebels and the most bizarre football match of all time

  5. Food

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

  6. 90 years of the 成人快手 World Service

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

  7. District Six and daredevils

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

  8. Referendums and Teletubbies

    Max Person presents a collection of this weeks Witness history episodes

  9. Contested islands and Miss World protests

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

  10. Anwar Ibrahim and road safety inventions

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

  11. Arabian Peninsula

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

  12. Racist raids, protests and a political assassination

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

  13. The best Championship Manager player ever

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

  14. Women taking a stand

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

  15. Cuban boxing and the brink of nuclear war

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

  16. Global strikes and industrial action

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

  17. Caribbean carnivals and a racially inclusive nightclub

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

  18. Dassler brothers' rift

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

  19. Queen Elizabeth II and broadcasting

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

  20. Queen Elizabeth II

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

  21. Brazil

    Stories from Brazil, including the murder of Tim Lopes and the creation of Brasilia

  22. Gorbachev's legacy

    Perestroika in the Soviet Union and the release of the dissident poet Ratushinskaya

  23. Inflation and the cost of living

    Inflation and the cost of living, the Darayya massacre, and the first Gay Games

  24. Seventy-five years since India's Partition

    A compilation of stories marking 75 years since India's Partition

  25. The nightclub that changed Ibiza

    Ibiza's clubbing scene, Indonesian forest fires and the resignation of Richard Nixon

  26. Fifty years since Asians were kicked out of Uganda

    A compilation of stories marking 50 years since Idi Amin expelled Asians from Uganda

  27. The Revolution on Granite

    A student protest in Ukraine, the Surkov leaks and the invention of the nicotine patch

  28. Stories from iconic TV shows from around the world

    The history of television from around the world and its enduring impact

  29. Stories from the abortion fight frontline

    Experiences from both sides of the abortion debate plus the story of the Pill

  30. America鈥檚 first gay election candidate

    Jose Sarria's political journey, Smear Tests, Discovery of Higgs Boson

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