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The History Hour Episodes

  1. Flower of Scotland

    Scotland's unofficial national anthem, Chairman Mao's wife, DNA fingerprinting and more

  2. Surviving Auschwitz

    A survivor remembers Auschwitz; publishing Dr Zhivago; Swinging London's favourite shop.

  3. World War One in Africa

    WWI African veterans, the suicide of a Brazilian President, escape of deadly smallpox

  4. The Betrayal of the Kurds

    Iraqi Kurds abandoned by Iran, the WW2 liberation of Paris, and the Partition of India

  5. Carlos the Jackal

    Capturing Carlos, an attempt to kill Franco plus The Supremes and the Wizard of Oz

  6. Internment in Northern Ireland

    Detention without trial in Northern Ireland, Mississippi Burning, and Lindow Man.

  7. The Outbreak of World War One

    Witnesses to the start of WW1, The Comet, Martha Stewart in jail and Christian the lion

  8. The First Palestinian Intifada

    The first intifada, plus the Jewish centre bombed in Argentina and Prince's Purple Rain

  9. The Plot to Kill Hitler

    The son of the man who tried to kill Hitler, Chappaquiddick and remembering Frida Kahlo.

  10. The Srebrenica Massacre

    Srebrenica massacre, Pakistan's Red Mosque, death of Kim il Sung, Rainbow Warrior, Neruda

  11. Iraq after the Invasion

    Iraqis remember abuse in Abu Ghraib jail, plus a US soldier on the Awakening movement.

  12. The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    The murder that sparked WW1, a hijacking in 1950s Burma, early computer dating

  13. The River That Caught Fire

    The US river that burst into flames, Russia's Mata Hari and the OJ Simpson car chase.

  14. Brazil Special

    As the football World Cup kicks off in Brazil, we explore the country's rich history

  15. Broadcasting D-Day

    The allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France, Tiananmen Square and a Nepali royal massacre

  16. The Fall of Addis Ababa

    Rebels take over Ethiopia's capital, remembering Nehru, plus casinos and space monkeys

  17. Uprising in South Korea

    The uprising in South Korea, Rajiv Ghandi assasination, and the Pope and the Jews

  18. Jailed for Speaking his Mind in China

    Confronting Chairman Mao, Steve Biko, escaping the Holocaust & England's mods and rockers

  19. Terror in Iran

    Revolutionary courts and executions in Iran, Paul Robeson, a President of Crimea and Abba

  20. The Port Arthur Massacre

    Killings that changed Australia; China's Long March, and the death of Mussolini

  21. Greece - The 1967 Military Coup

    In April 1967 a group of colonels seized power in Athens hear from a man who opposed them

  22. North Korea Train Station Explosion

    In a rare moment of openness, authorities in Pyongyang asked the UN for help in 2004

  23. The Fall of Idi Amin

    Ugandan dictator Idi Amin ousted; Rwandan genocide; the discovery of the polio vaccine.

  24. Crime Protests in Argentina

    The murder that galvanised Argentina; India's independence movement; 麻豆社 spaghetti hoax

  25. Missing Plane Mystery

    1947 missing plane mystery; "Doctor Death" Jack Kevorkian; and a Maori song hits no.1.

  26. A Failed Royal Kidnapping

    The bodyguard shot saving Princess Anne; discovery of AZT; Uganda cult murder & much more

  27. Lebanon Civil War

    A key moment in the Lebanon conflict; Taiwan massacre; suffragettes and Barbie the Doll.

  28. The Miss World Protest

    Feminist protesters storm the stage at the Miss World beauty pageant in 1970.

  29. Stalin's Mass Deportations

    The forced exile of hundreds of thousands of people in the USSR, plus political comedy

  30. Deng Xiaoping and the Making of Modern China

    The Chinese leader recalled by his translator, plus protests in Albania and graffiti art.

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