The History Hour Episodes Available now
The Zanzibar revolution
How a bloody revolution changed East Africa, the start of the WHO and remembering Christo
The Gwangju massacre
South Korea's Gwangju uprising; changing the way we eat; plus protecting Congo's forests
Britain's World War Two crime wave
How criminals thrived in London during the Blitz, 3D printers and the 1980 Miami riots.
Fighting for the pill in Japan
Why it took until 1999 for Japanese women to be allowed to take the contraceptive pill.
VE Day Special
Eyewitness accounts of the fall of Nazi Germany and the end of World War Two in Europe.
The 1957 flu pandemic
A million die in 1957 flu, conflict in the Galapagos islands and trees in Hiroshima.
The last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade
The grandson of the last US slave, Pakistan's welfare hero and the Deepwater disaster.
Apollo 13: The drama that gripped the world
50 years since the near disaster on the Apollo 13 mission to the Moon.
How technology revolutionised our lives
Memories of milestones from webcams to social networks, from the iPhone to home-shopping.
Women in the law
Trailblazing British lawyer Rose Heilbron, plus Muslims in China and a Swedish warship
