The History Hour Episodes Available now
Why Portugal decriminalised all drugs
Why Portugal took a radical approach to drugs in 2001, plus theatre's Joan Littlewood
CNN and the 24-hour news revolution
The launch of CNN, the end of Lebanon's civil war and making a film in Saddam's Iraq.
British black history special
The voyage of the Empire Windrush, the battle of Lewisham and the creation of Desmond's
The Mafia and Italian politics
The trial which linked a senior Italian politician to the Mafia plus the birth of Google.
Blackwater killed my son
How US private security guards killed 14 Iraqi civilians; plus Florida's election chaos
Stories of resistance and protest from around the world
Different protest stories from China, Belarus, Kenya, USA and Argentina
Prohibition in India
How the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh banned alcohol in 1995 plus the birth of Reddit
Inventing James Bond
Ian Fleming and the genesis of James Bond and the birth of the Sony Walkman
Margaret Ekpo - Nigeria's feminist pioneer
The woman who fought for Nigerian independence plus the former policeman turned protestor
The siege at Ruby Ridge
The standoff that galvanised the US far-right; plus, growing up with Saddam Hussein.
