The History Hour Episodes Available now
The Killing of the Russian Tsar
The murder of Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, four daughters and young son in 1918.
Smiling Buddha: India's First Nuclear Test
India on the nuclear world stage, the Spiegel Affair and the refugee "Phantom Shipwreck."
When The US Shot Down An Iranian Airliner
The tragic story of Flight 655, a Russian art controversy, plus Madeleine Albright
The Ex-President and the Gun Lobby
The power of the NRA; murdered Irish journalist, Veronica Guerin; Swedish submarine drama
Korea Divided: A Bitter History
Key witnesses to the turbulent history of North and South Korea.
The 1968 Belgrade Student Revolt
The 1968 student protest in Communist Yugoslavia and the running craze 'from couch to 5k'
Free Health Care for All
The birth of Britain's NHS; the Thalidomide trial; and discovering a baby woolly mammoth
The Fall of Suharto in Indonesia
How riots toppled a dictator; honouring Holocaust survivors in film; 成人快手 lesbian protest.
May 1968 Paris Riots
A riot policeman's view of the violence that swept through France in May 1968
The Last King of Bulgaria
From child king to prime minister, the story of Bulgaria's King Simeon II.