The History Hour Episodes Available now
The AIDS memorial quilt - a patchwork of loss
How an LGBTQ+ activist decided to commemorate lost friends with a quilt.
The launch of the Hubble Space Telescope
Putting an observatory in space; China's cure for malaria; the "Red Scare" in Hollywood.
The 1918 'Spanish' flu pandemic
Eyewitnesses accounts of battling deadly viruses from the 1918 flu, to Ebola and SARS.
The history of the Volkswagen Beetle
How the British army helped rebuild the German car industry after WW2.
Freeing American prisoners from Iran
How a former prisoner fought to free her friends, an Antarctic mystery, and rebel nuns
Saving Antarctica
Environmentalists save the ice continent; how meditation changes the brain; Nigerian art.
The publication of Harry Potter
The origins of the boy wizard, plus Mao's Little Red Book and Erica Jong's Fear of Flying
London's first black policeman
London's first black policeman, a new sign language, and the release of Nelson Mandela
The early days of the European Union
The EU in the 1950s, the British royal scandal and the self-made female millionaire.
The mystery of the disappearing frogs
How scientists discovered that a deadly fungus was killing off amphibians.
