The History Hour Episodes Episode guide
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The Arnhem Parachute Drop
Operation Market Garden, Brazil's nuclear accident, the Battle of Algiers and Cuban spies
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How I Survived a Fire on a Plane
A lucky escape from a jet plane fire in the 1970s and the killing of Steve Biko.
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Living under Gaddafi
How Gaddafi changed Libya, the battle for Brick Lane in 70s London, the first MRI scanner
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Surviving the "Death Railway"
A former prisoner of the Japanese in WW2; Hitler's girl guides and the Lake Nyos disaster
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Albert Speer - Hitler's Architect
Interviewing a senior Nazi; the Soviet fight against alcohol; German hostage drama.
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Vera Brittain: Anti-Bombing Campaigner
WW2 anti-bombing protestor, 20 years since Omagh and the birth of the instant noodle.
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When Buckingham Palace Opened Its Doors
Buckingham Palace lets in the public, fake news from East Germany, uprising in Burma.
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WW1: Britain's Conscientious Objectors
First World War conscientious objectors, Iran bends the nuclear rules, and dancing bears
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The Whitewashing of Zimbabwe's Ancient History
How the true history of the Great Zimbabwe ruins was uncovered after independence.
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The Killing of the Russian Tsar
The murder of Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, four daughters and young son in 1918.
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Smiling Buddha: India's First Nuclear Test
India on the nuclear world stage, the Spiegel Affair and the refugee "Phantom Shipwreck."
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When The US Shot Down An Iranian Airliner
The tragic story of Flight 655, a Russian art controversy, plus Madeleine Albright
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The Ex-President and the Gun Lobby
The power of the NRA; murdered Irish journalist, Veronica Guerin; Swedish submarine drama
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Wittenoom: An Australian Tragedy
Asbestos-related deaths in Australia and when doctors first described child abuse.
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Korea Divided: A Bitter History
Key witnesses to the turbulent history of North and South Korea.
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The 1968 Belgrade Student Revolt
The 1968 student protest in Communist Yugoslavia and the running craze 'from couch to 5k'
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Free Health Care for All
The birth of Britain's NHS; the Thalidomide trial; and discovering a baby woolly mammoth
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The Fall of Suharto in Indonesia
How riots toppled a dictator; honouring Holocaust survivors in film; Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ lesbian protest.
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May 1968 Paris Riots
A riot policeman's view of the violence that swept through France in May 1968
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The Last King of Bulgaria
From child king to prime minister, the story of Bulgaria's King Simeon II.
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When Margaret Thatcher Came to Power
Britain's first female PM, prisoners on the high seas, and the story of Takeshi's Castle
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The Oslo Peace Talks
Secret attempt at Mid-East peace, remembering Pablo Picasso, the death of the Red Baron.
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Earth Day
The birth of the modern environmental movement.
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The Zimbabwe Massacres
Robert Mugabe sent troops to put down opposition supporters in western Zimbabwe in 1983.
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Russia's Bitter Taste of Capitalism
Chaos after Russia's 1992 market reforms; the history of Semtex; 2001 A Space Odyssey.
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The Good Friday Agreement
Peace in Northern Ireland; a cross-community Bosnian choir and a pioneering woman banker.
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The Skull Valley Sheep Kill
Thousands of sheep die next to a US chemical weapons testing ground.
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The Battle of the Airwaves in Latin America
Why the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ started broadcasting to South America, plus the My Lai massacre.
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Deaf Rights Protest
A protest for deaf rights; a new alphabet for Azerbaijan, Marie Stopes and Wonder Woman
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China's Barefoot Doctors
The revolutionary Chinese healthcare scheme and the ground-breaking US TV show M*A*S*H.
