The story of the 20th Century, by those who were there at the era's most important moments
World Service,·283 episodes
Stravinsky, The Beatles, Jazz, Maria Callas and Bob Dylan
26 Oct 1999,·28 mins
Elvin Jones joined the Benny Goodman Orchestra in New York in 1953
26 Oct 1999,·4 mins
Giuseppe di Stefano on her fiery temperament and her ability to move audiences to tears
27 Oct 1999,·4 mins
"Ladies always wore hats in the dining car..." George Behrende recalls steam travel
28 Oct 1999,·4 mins
At 77 Loretta Burke was one of the oldest working flight attendants in the world
Wilkinson Wright explains how his great-uncles built the first working aeroplane
DA Pennebaker filmed Bob Dylan on tour in Britain as the civil rights movement began
29 Oct 1999,·4 mins
Pat Delaney was a doorman at the Cavern club, Liverpool, UK when "four scruffs turned up"
As a young woman Tatyana Fyodorova volunteered to build the Moscow Metro in 1932
Abdul Khalek Bapari earns his living carrying goods and people up and down the river
Painters, sculptors and those who knew them discuss their work and the importance of art
05 Nov 1999,·28 mins
French artist Marcel Duchamp questioned 19th Century ideas about art and aesthetic beauty
08 Nov 1999,·4 mins
Tony Penrose spent much of his childhood staying with Pablo Picasso in the South of France
10 Nov 1999,·4 mins
Huang Yongyu on his responsibility to express political views through painting
Guadalupe Rivera Marin on the atmosphere of the Blue House, living with artist Frida Kahlo
11 Nov 1999,·4 mins
El Anatsui transforms the ancient symbols of African art and Africa's colonial heritage
12 Nov 1999,·4 mins
"I felt a call from God. It has given me an opportunity to serve others"
18 Nov 1999,·4 mins
Ravil Bukharaev on his relation to Islam after growing up with Soviet state atheism
01 Dec 1999,·4 mins
"I realised I didn't have a chance to be myself: as an African, as a Mozambican."
05 Dec 1999,·4 mins
Authors and actors choose their book of the century and explain what makes it so special
06 Dec 1999,·28 mins
"I looked at his work like music and to me it was rhythm and pauses, and lack of pauses."
06 Dec 1999,·4 mins
Edmund White talks about Marcel Proust's view of love and art
07 Dec 1999,·4 mins
Oscar nominated Jack Cardiff talks about his long career in cinema
Emeterio Pantaleon Garcia learned to fight with the guerilla leader during the revolution
Annie Proulx's choice for her book of the 21st Century captures a vibrant dialect
08 Dec 1999,·4 mins
"We suffered very much... I feel I can't say anything because it is done and finished"
09 Dec 1999,·4 mins
Ebrahim Yazdi was deputy prime minister and foreign minister Iran's provisional government
"It's about the meeting of the European culture... with that of an Igbo tribe"
African journalist Cameron Duodu reported on South Africa, from Sharpville to Mandela
Ahdaf Soueif says it articulates the inner conflict between the Middle East and the West
10 Dec 1999,·4 mins
