My Century Episodes Available now
Instability and Revolution
From the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian empire to the fall of the Berlin Wall
Lebanon's Slide from Affluence into Anarchy
Christine Garabedian was only nine when the Lebanese civil war broke out in 1975
The Collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Doctor Otto von Habsburg is the son of Charles, last King-Emperor of Austria-Hungary who followed the autocratic Francis Joseph. Dr von Habsburg remembers the desperate attempts of his father to prevent the disintegration of the Habsburg monarchy in 1918.
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
Oliver Berlau became one of the first East Germans to breach the Berlin Wall in 1989
Cambodia's Khmer Rouge
Van Nath is one of a handful of people to survive the notoriously brutal Tuol Sleng prison
Wheelchair Racing Athlete
Tanni Grey recalls the Barcelona Paralympics when she won four gold medals
Winning the Spanish Lottery
Bar owner Antonio Trinidad recalls the day he discovered he had won the Spanish El Gordo
Winning the Grand National
When Bob Champion was diagnosed with cancer, the dream of winning the event kept him going
Environment
How our awareness of our environment has become important over the 20th Century
Reichstag, New German Parliament
It has natural ventilation and a power station in its basement that runs on renewable fuel
