The History Hour Episodes Available now
Quarantined in a TB sanatorium
Quarantined in a TB sanatorium; looted Nazi art works and the Rolling Stones in the dock
Dealing with economic crisis
How countries from around the world dealt with economic turmoil in the 20th century.
Sex trafficking and peacekeepers
A UN sex trafficking scandal in Bosnia, the Five Stages of Grief, and Beethoven in China.
Black American History Special
Key moments in African American history - civil rights, basketball and the 3 strikes law.
The Zanzibar revolution
How a bloody revolution changed East Africa, the start of the WHO and remembering Christo
The Gwangju massacre
South Korea's Gwangju uprising; changing the way we eat; plus protecting Congo's forests
Britain's World War Two crime wave
How criminals thrived in London during the Blitz, 3D printers and the 1980 Miami riots.
Fighting for the pill in Japan
Why it took until 1999 for Japanese women to be allowed to take the contraceptive pill.
VE Day Special
Eyewitness accounts of the fall of Nazi Germany and the end of World War Two in Europe.
The 1957 flu pandemic
A million die in 1957 flu, conflict in the Galapagos islands and trees in Hiroshima.