The History Hour Episodes Available now
Korea Divided: A Bitter History
Key witnesses to the turbulent history of North and South Korea.
The 1968 Belgrade Student Revolt
The 1968 student protest in Communist Yugoslavia and the running craze 'from couch to 5k'
Free Health Care for All
The birth of Britain's NHS; the Thalidomide trial; and discovering a baby woolly mammoth
The Fall of Suharto in Indonesia
How riots toppled a dictator; honouring Holocaust survivors in film; BBC lesbian protest.
May 1968 Paris Riots
A riot policeman's view of the violence that swept through France in May 1968
The Last King of Bulgaria
From child king to prime minister, the story of Bulgaria's King Simeon II.
When Margaret Thatcher Came to Power
Britain's first female PM, prisoners on the high seas, and the story of Takeshi's Castle
The Oslo Peace Talks
Secret attempt at Mid-East peace, remembering Pablo Picasso, the death of the Red Baron.
Earth Day
The birth of the modern environmental movement.
The Zimbabwe Massacres
Robert Mugabe sent troops to put down opposition supporters in western Zimbabwe in 1983.
