The History Hour Episodes Episode guide
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The Collapse of Northern Rock
The run on a British bank, a schoolboy arrested in East Germany, and Nigerian treasures.
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The Fairy Photos
Searching for a spirit world after WW1, plus Jamaica's worst train crash, and Biosphere 2
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The Death of Princess Diana
Princess Diana's brother remembers the passionate speech he gave at her funeral.
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Medicine in World War One
Dealing with the medical horrors of WW1, Germany puts Nazis on trial and Botox.
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Nike and the Sweatshop Problem
The ethics of fashion; the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974; and the "Bard of Bengal".
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Reagan's Bombing Joke
Reagan's bombing joke, the murder of Naji al Ali, and violence in pre-partition India
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Surviving the "Auschwitz of the Balkans"
Persecution of Serbs during WW2; the fate Falun Gong in China; Camp David negotiations.
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When Homosexuality Was a Crime
The horrific use of aversion therapy for gay men; plus Chiang Kai Shek's former aide.
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Psychological Warfare
Spooking fighters during the Vietnam War plus the Mont Blanc Tunnel and a Nintendo legend
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The Oka Crisis
A watershed moment for Canada's indigenous people, the birth of UKIP and Rave.
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The Roswell Incident
In July 1947 a US rancher found debris which some believe came from an alien spacecraft.
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The History of Modern Tourism
The Icelandic firm that broke the mould in air travel, the Hippie trail and Euro Disney.
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Italy's Secret "State-within-a-State"
Murder and conspiracy among Italy's elite, atrocity in 1930s Ethiopia, and Body Worlds
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The Woman Who Stopped Equal Rights in America
In June 1982 Phyllis Schlafly defeated a law to guarantee gender equality in the US.
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The Six Day War 1967
Soldiers from both sides on the battle for Jerusalem; plus Robert Kennedy's assassination
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Operation Lifeline: Canada's Refugee Revolution
Citizens sponsor refugees, a rock concert for Chernobyl and the first US female rabbi.
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The Killing of Poet Roque Dalton
Murder of a radical writer; how Irish pubs saved the economy; Taiwan pop in culture war.
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Brown v The Board of Education
Racial segregation ends in US schools; Iran's 2009 election protest; and Weight Watchers
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The Trial of Maurice Papon
The French minister tried for Nazi collusion, the USSR's 007 and US wine beats French.
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The Invention of Liposuction
The start of the cosmetic surgery industry; the Tajik Civil War; and Magnum photo agency
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Searching For Argentina's Disappeared
Defying Argentina's military rulers, when Syria left Lebanon and Bosnia's rape camps.
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Charlie Chaplin Returns to America from Exile
Charlie Chaplin, images of the furthest galaxies and the world's first black festival.
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The Takeover of Russia's NTV
A setback for media freedom in Russia; Ethiopia's Red Terror; and WW2's Katyn massacre.
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How Princess Diana changed the perception of AIDS
A handshake that changed attitudes to AIDS, America enters WW1, and Egypt's Facebook girl
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The Flavr Savr Tomato - The World's First Genetically Engineered Food
The GM food debate, an anthrax outbreak in the Soviet Union, and the Teletubbies turn 20.
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Ayn Rand
An influential "objectivist" philosopher, and a political assassination in Colombia.
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The First Russian Revolution of 1917
The Russian Revolution, AIDS and 'Patient Zero' plus escaping the Nazis as a child.
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Kuwaiti Women Secure the Vote
Kuwaiti women win the vote; smog in Mexico, and America's first Islamic terror incident
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Mother Teresa - The Nun Who Became A Saint
Life with Mother Teresa, the birth of Nollywood and Eleanor Roosevelt in the White House.
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The German American Bund
Nazis in 1930s America; Slobodan Milosevic on trial; attacks on Denmark's Little Mermaid.
