The story of the 20th Century, by those who were there at the era's most important moments
World Service,·283 episodes
From life under the British in India to the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa
13 Dec 1999,·13 mins
Defining moments of 20th Century - from the Iranian revolution to the Armenian genocide
17 Dec 1999,·28 mins
The scientific and technological breakthroughs that have transformed our lives
17 Dec 1999,·13 mins
Customs of an older age: harvest time with horses, hunting and letter writing
19 Dec 1999,·13 mins
Ordinary lives in the 20th Century from the washing machine to migration
Clare Hollingworth saw rows of tanks and she knew it meant an imminent German invasion
27 Dec 1999,·4 mins
Jeff Franzen was six when he witnessed the assassination of President John F Kennedy
28 Dec 1999,·4 mins
"I was four years old when he came to power. I was a product of Nazi upbringing"
Molly Garth was 100 on 1 January, 2000. She describes her long life
31 Dec 1999,·4 mins
Artistic highlights of the 20th Century from swing dancing, to Picasso to Samuel Beckett
01 Jan 2000,·13 mins
Accounts from survivors of conflicts in Rwanda, Spain, Vietnam, Lebanon and Bosnia
Survivors of the siege of Leningrad, the Holocaust and Hiroshima
Stalin, the Long March, the Cultural Revolution and the fall of the Berlin Wall
02 Jan 2000,·13 mins
