The History Hour Episodes Available now
The University of Texas Shooting
The first campus killings in the US; an arts festival in Lebanon; meeting JD Salinger
First CIA coup in Latin America
America's fight against communism; giant China earthquake; riots in Liverpool; Picasso.
Tanzania's Ujamaa
Socialism in Tanzania, assassination in the Caribbean, the Concordski crash and Date Rape
The Thalidomide Trial
German drugs company goes on trial; Hands Across America; the execution of Anne Boleyn.
Remembering Chernobyl
Remembering Chernobyl, Charles Darwin and the McCarthy era, plus 60s icon, the Mini
The Original Revolutionary Feminist
Feminism in the 20th century, poisoning in the Balkans, and a miscarriage of justice
The Battle of Verdun
The battle that traumatised France, forbidden Tibet in the 1940s and fashion's New Look
Prozac
The birth of the Prozac generation, saving ancient Afghan artworks, plus a Disney classic
The Challenger Disaster
The launch of space shuttle Challenger goes horribly wrong, Sharia in Nigeria, and Batman.
Michael Jackson's Thriller
The release of the world's best-selling album, the death of a WW2 hero, and Beagle 2
