My Century Episodes Episode guide
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Best of My Century - Communism
Stalin, the Long March, the Cultural Revolution and the fall of the Berlin Wall
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Best of My Century - World War II
Survivors of the siege of Leningrad, the Holocaust and Hiroshima
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Best of My Century - War
Accounts from survivors of conflicts in Rwanda, Spain, Vietnam, Lebanon and Bosnia
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Best of My Century - the Arts
Artistic highlights of the 20th Century from swing dancing, to Picasso to Samuel Beckett
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A Witness to all of the 20th Century
Molly Garth was 100 on 1 January, 2000. She describes her long life
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Hitler Youth Courier in the FΓΌhrerbunker
"I was four years old when he came to power. I was a product of Nazi upbringing"
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Assassination of President John F Kennedy
Jeff Franzen was six when he witnessed the assassination of President John F Kennedy
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Germany Invades Poland
Clare Hollingworth saw rows of tanks and she knew it meant an imminent German invasion
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Best of My Century - Human Life
Ordinary lives in the 20th Century from the washing machine to migration
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Best of My Century - Continuity and Change
Customs of an older age: harvest time with horses, hunting and letter writing
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Best of My Century - Progress
The scientific and technological breakthroughs that have transformed our lives
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Best of My Century - Witnesses
Defining moments of 20th Century - from the Iranian revolution to the Armenian genocide
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Best of My Century - Freedom and Independence
From life under the British in India to the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa
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Said's Autobiography Out of Place
Ahdaf Soueif says it articulates the inner conflict between the Middle East and the West
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Becoming a Journalist in Africa
African journalist Cameron Duodu reported on South Africa, from Sharpville to Mandela
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Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart
"It's about the meeting of the European culture... with that of an Igbo tribe"
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Working with Ayatollah Khomeini
Ebrahim Yazdi was deputy prime minister and foreign minister Iran's provisional government
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Armenian Genocide
"We suffered very much... I feel I can't say anything because it is done and finished"
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The Dictionary of Newfoundland English
Annie Proulx's choice for her book of the 21st Century captures a vibrant dialect
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Zapata's Peasant Army
Emeterio Pantaleon Garcia learned to fight with the guerilla leader during the revolution
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Cinematographer
Oscar nominated Jack Cardiff talks about his long career in cinema
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French Novelist Marcel Proust
Edmund White talks about Marcel Proust's view of love and art
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Working with Samuel Beckett
"I looked at his work like music and to me it was rhythm and pauses, and lack of pauses."
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Writing the Century
Authors and actors choose their book of the century and explain what makes it so special
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Living in Colonial Mozambique
"I realised I didn't have a chance to be myself: as an African, as a Mozambican."
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Russian Soviet State Atheism
Ravil Bukharaev on his relation to Islam after growing up with Soviet state atheism
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Becoming a Jesuit Priest
"I felt a call from God. It has given me an opportunity to serve others"
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A Sculptor of Africa
El Anatsui transforms the ancient symbols of African art and Africa's colonial heritage
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Life with Frida Kahlo
Guadalupe Rivera Marin on the atmosphere of the Blue House, living with artist Frida Kahlo
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Painting Through the Cultural Revolution
Huang Yongyu on his responsibility to express political views through painting