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The History Hour Episodes

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    The 'Stone of Destiny' and a self-proclaimed Emperor

    The removal of a symbolic royal stone and the former child King turned Prime Minister

  2. Artist Althea McNish and history of the Met Gala

    Trinidadian Althea McNish designs for Queen Elizabeth II and the Met Gala's popularity

  3. The history of dogs

    Inventing the labradoodle, the first dog in space and the world's first therapy dog

  4. Unearthing World War II mass graves and the Boston bombing

    The unearthing of a mass grave in Ukraine, and the Boston bombing in 2013

  5. Escaping Eritrea and inventing Zumba

    One woman's journey to escape Eritrea and how Zumba was invented by accident

  6. The godfather of manicures and India's Silicon Valley

    Vietnam's manicure godfather and how Bengaluru became India’s Silicon Valley

  7. Film and cinema around the world

    The longest running Indian film and freeing Free Willy

  8. The Invasion of Iraq

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

  9. International Women's Day

    A compilation of stories celebrating women who made history

  10. Pink triangles and political assassinations

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

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

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

  12. 'Hot Autumn' and Tutankhamun

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

  13. Popes

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

  14. Pirate radio and the Velvet Divorce

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

  15. The death penalty and broadcasting bans

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

  16. Horsemeat scandal and the Miracle on the Hudson

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

  17. Plastics in oceans and sea cucumbers

    Plastics in oceans were first discovered over fifty years ago

  18. Pussy Riot and other Russian rebels

    Russian rebels and the most bizarre football match of all time

  19. Food

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

  20. 90 years of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service

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

  21. District Six and daredevils

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

  22. Referendums and Teletubbies

    Max Person presents a collection of this weeks Witness history episodes

  23. Contested islands and Miss World protests

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

  24. Anwar Ibrahim and road safety inventions

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

  25. Arabian Peninsula

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

  26. Racist raids, protests and a political assassination

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

  27. The best Championship Manager player ever

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

  28. Women taking a stand

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

  29. Cuban boxing and the brink of nuclear war

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

  30. Global strikes and industrial action

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

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