My Century Episodes Available now
Zapata's Peasant Army
Emeterio Pantaleon Garcia learned to fight with the guerilla leader during the revolution
French Novelist Marcel Proust
Edmund White talks about Marcel Proust's view of love and art
Writing the Century
Authors and actors choose their book of the century and explain what makes it so special
Working with Samuel Beckett
"I looked at his work like music and to me it was rhythm and pauses, and lack of pauses."
Living in Colonial Mozambique
"I realised I didn't have a chance to be myself: as an African, as a Mozambican."
Russian Soviet State Atheism
Ravil Bukharaev on his relation to Islam after growing up with Soviet state atheism
Becoming a Jesuit Priest
"I felt a call from God. It has given me an opportunity to serve others"
A Sculptor of Africa
El Anatsui transforms the ancient symbols of African art and Africa's colonial heritage
Life with Frida Kahlo
Guadalupe Rivera Marin on the atmosphere of the Blue House, living with artist Frida Kahlo
On Holiday with Picasso
Tony Penrose spent much of his childhood staying with Pablo Picasso in the South of France
