The History Hour Episodes Available now
The rise of Hindu nationalism
A religious rally called the Rath Yatra in 1990 championed militant Hinduism in India.
Abolishing the army
How Costa Rica scrapped its armed forces, plus Maya Angelou and Sweden's famous warship.
Drama in the British parliament
A political crisis in Britain, ballooning around the world and mindfulness.
Autism and the MMR vaccine
How a British doctor misled the world by linking the MMR vaccine to autism.
China's breakthrough malaria cure
How an ancient Chinese remedy provided a 1970s breakthrough in the fight against malaria
I was abused by a President
How scandal engulfed Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega, the Elgin marbles, Barbie's origins
Venezuela's oil bonanza
When Venezuela was rich; surviving a mid-air airline disaster; the swine flu crisis
The curse of Agent Orange
Vietnam's toxic legacy, smoking warnings ignored and Nazi remains discovered in Brazil.
Iceland jails its bankers
Why Iceland jailed 40 bankers after the 2008 financial crisis plus the birth of the EU.
The last days of Hitler
Life as Hitler's secretary; the killing of Che Guevara, and the Soweto Uprising
