The History Hour Episodes Available now

The birth of Bangladesh
How Bangladesh鈥檚 struggle for independence began with a landmark election in Pakistan.

The first African to win the Nobel Peace Prize
The anti-apartheid campaigner Albert Luthuli plus a Neanderthal discovery and beavers.

The fall of Addis Ababa
How rebels toppled Colonel Mengistu of Ethiopia; France's headscarf ban; WW2's V1 bombs

Disability History special
The fight for disability rights in the UK, India, plus Helen Keller and the Invacar

The world's first woman premier
Sri Lanka's woman PM plus the first Arab leader to visit Israel and the women's sex book.

The Guerrilla Girls
Fighting sexism and racism in the 1980s art world, plus Pluto is downgraded

The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin
The murder of the Israeli leader; Germany's "Occupation Babies"; nude theatre in London

US presidential history special
Inside JFK's election victory, plus Shirley Chisholm, Watergate, and the religious right

Why Portugal decriminalised all drugs
Why Portugal took a radical approach to drugs in 2001, plus theatre's Joan Littlewood

CNN and the 24-hour news revolution
The launch of CNN, the end of Lebanon's civil war and making a film in Saddam's Iraq.