The History Hour Episodes Available now
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Hitler's Indian ally: Subhas Chandra Bose
The Indian independence campaigner who sided with Hitler's axis powers in World War Two.
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Mozambique's Eduardo Mondlane: From professor to freedom fighter
The liberation leader was assassinated in 1969 in the struggle to end Portuguese rule
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A history of games
The inside story of Pong, Grand Theft Auto, Tetris, Lego and Monopoly
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The right to drive in Saudi Arabia
The Saudi women who used social media to campaign against being banned from the roads.
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The birth of Bangladesh
How a war of independence in 1971 reshaped South Asia and killed hundreds of thousands.
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Fighting 'virginity tests' in the Indonesian police
Virginity tests for women joining the Indonesian police and the battle to end them
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Four decades of HIV/Aids
A history of HIV/Aids over the past 40 years.
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The assassination of the Mirabal sisters
Women activists in the Caribbean, the last case of Smallpox in Europe and assisted dying.
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Sudan's October Revolution
How in 1964 Sudanese civilian protesters first brought down a military regime
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The South African football star murdered for being a lesbian
The killing of Eudy Simelane, spying in East Germany and racism in 1960s British schools