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Stanley Tucci imagines the story of modern California as a movie screenplay, tracing the dramatic history of the state from Hollywood to Silicon Valley.

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    Governor Jerry Brown

    Fri 6 Mar 2020

    10/10 Stanley Tucci tells the story of Jerry Brown, California's longest-serving governor.

  • On Ice

    Thu 5 Mar 2020

    9/10 Stanley Tucci tells the story of Ice-T, the original gangster rapper

  • San Francisco Burning

    Wed 4 Mar 2020

    8/10 Stanley Tucci tells the story of Dianne Feinstein, trailblazing Californian politician

  • Acts of Resistance

    Tue 3 Mar 2020

    7/10 Stanley Tucci tells the story of Kathleen Cleaver, a key figure in the Black Panther Party

  • A Twist of Fate

    Mon 2 Mar 2020

    6/10 Stanley Tucci tells the story of Silicon Valley's troubled founder, William Shockley

  • The Good Fight

    Fri 28 Feb 2020

    5/10 Stanley Tucci tells the story of Leon Lewis who hunted down Nazis in LA in the 30s and 40s

  • A Hard Won Oscar

    Thu 27 Feb 2020

    4/10 Stanley Tucci tells the story of Hattie McDaniel, the first African American Oscar winner.

  • The Vanishing

    Wed 26 Feb 2020

    3/10 Stanley Tucci tells the story of celebrity preacher Aimee Semple McPherson who vanished.

  • Dark Water

    Tue 25 Feb 2020

    2/10 Stanley Tucci tells the story of the man who made LA possible: William Mulholland

  • A Body on the Backlot

    Mon 24 Feb 2020

    1/10 Stanley Tucci imagines the history of modern California as a Hollywood screenplay

  • Welcome to The Californian Century

    Fri 14 Feb 2020

    Stanley Tucci introduces a series about the men and women who built modern California.

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