The History Hour Episodes Available now
The End of Apartheid
Former South African police minister talks apartheid, Black Hawk Down and a polar record
The Aboriginal Tent Embassy
Indigenous rights in Australia, the invention of the microwave, and Desert Island Discs.
Roots - The TV Series
Slavery on US TV, peace in El Salvador, Hrant Dink's murder; and Dungeons and Dragons.
Princess Diana's Minefield Walk
A royal visit boosts landmine campaigners, Turkey's headscarf pioneer and spying in WW1
American Communists
American Communists, gun-toting children in Albania and death and forgiveness in Ecuador.
The Break-Up of the Soviet Union
Key players in the fall of the USSR recall the momentous events of December 1991
Death of an Anarchist
The controversial death of Giuseppe Pinelli, Samuel Beckett and flying to the moon
Yoyes, ETA's female icon
The death of a Basque fighter, resisting the Nazis in Lithuania, and a Hindu milk miracle
100 Women History Hour
A special edition of the programme remembering women that history has overlooked.
Bob Marley Survives Assassination Attempt
The shooting of Bob Marley, the resistance of the Mirabal Sisters, Colombia's Lost City