The History Hour Episodes Available now
The Arnhem Parachute Drop
Operation Market Garden, Brazil's nuclear accident, the Battle of Algiers and Cuban spies
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.
Living under Gaddafi
How Gaddafi changed Libya, the battle for Brick Lane in 70s London, the first MRI scanner
Surviving the "Death Railway"
A former prisoner of the Japanese in WW2; Hitler's girl guides and the Lake Nyos disaster
Albert Speer - Hitler's Architect
Interviewing a senior Nazi; the Soviet fight against alcohol; German hostage drama.
Vera Brittain: Anti-Bombing Campaigner
WW2 anti-bombing protestor, 20 years since Omagh and the birth of the instant noodle.
WW1: Britain's Conscientious Objectors
First World War conscientious objectors, Iran bends the nuclear rules, and dancing bears
The Whitewashing of Zimbabwe's Ancient History
How the true history of the Great Zimbabwe ruins was uncovered after independence.
The Killing of the Russian Tsar
The murder of Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, four daughters and young son in 1918.
Smiling Buddha: India's First Nuclear Test
India on the nuclear world stage, the Spiegel Affair and the refugee "Phantom Shipwreck."
