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The History Hour Episodes

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    The Invasion of Iraq

    Stories marking 20 years since the American led invasion of Iraq in March 2003

  2. International Women's Day

    A compilation of stories celebrating women who made history

  3. Pink triangles and political assassinations

    Gay men in Nazi concentration camps and the murder of Serbia's Prime Minister

  4. Riots in Mauritius and the Queen 'jumping out of a helicopter'

    Ethnic tensions in Mauritius and the Queen's 2012 Olympic wow moment

  5. 'Hot Autumn' and Tutankhamun

    Workers' strikes in Italy and 100 years since the opening of Tutankhamun's burial chamber

  6. Popes

    Stories about the history of the papacy, including Benedict XVI's resignation

  7. Pirate radio and the Velvet Divorce

    The first black music station in Europe and why Czechoslovakia split into two states

  8. The death penalty and broadcasting bans

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

  9. Horsemeat scandal and the Miracle on the Hudson

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

  10. Plastics in oceans and sea cucumbers

    Plastics in oceans were first discovered over fifty years ago

  11. Pussy Riot and other Russian rebels

    Russian rebels and the most bizarre football match of all time

  12. Food

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

  13. 90 years of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service

    The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Caribbean Service and broadcasting through the Iron Curtain

  14. District Six and daredevils

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

  15. Referendums and Teletubbies

    Max Person presents a collection of this weeks Witness history episodes

  16. Contested islands and Miss World protests

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

  17. Anwar Ibrahim and road safety inventions

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

  18. Arabian Peninsula

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

  19. Racist raids, protests and a political assassination

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

  20. The best Championship Manager player ever

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

  21. Women taking a stand

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

  22. Cuban boxing and the brink of nuclear war

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

  23. Global strikes and industrial action

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

  24. Caribbean carnivals and a racially inclusive nightclub

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

  25. Dassler brothers' rift

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

  26. Queen Elizabeth II and broadcasting

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

  27. Queen Elizabeth II

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

  28. Brazil

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

  29. Gorbachev's legacy

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

  30. Inflation and the cost of living

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

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