The History Hour Episodes Available now
A history of games
The inside story of Pong, Grand Theft Auto, Tetris, Lego and Monopoly
The right to drive in Saudi Arabia
The Saudi women who used social media to campaign against being banned from the roads.
The birth of Bangladesh
How a war of independence in 1971 reshaped South Asia and killed hundreds of thousands.
Fighting 'virginity tests' in the Indonesian police
Virginity tests for women joining the Indonesian police and the battle to end them
Four decades of HIV/Aids
A history of HIV/Aids over the past 40 years.
The assassination of the Mirabal sisters
Women activists in the Caribbean, the last case of Smallpox in Europe and assisted dying.
Sudan's October Revolution
How in 1964 Sudanese civilian protesters first brought down a military regime
The South African football star murdered for being a lesbian
The killing of Eudy Simelane, spying in East Germany and racism in 1960s British schools
When Eritrea silenced its critics
A crackdown on opposition voices in Eritrea plus Hungary, Nuremberg and Fu Manchu
The child environmental activist of the 1990s
Stories of the scientists and activists trying to solve the global environmental crisis.
