The story of the 20th Century, by those who were there at the era's most important moments
World Service,路283 episodes
"It's a very combative environment" says Robert Rigg of London's finance district
"I dream about clean work, free from oppression, free from exploitation"
Paul Batin arrived at the Ford Motor plant in Detroit as a young boy in 1927
Angelina and her daughter Irene from Costa Rica compare their childbirth experiences
Julia talks about adopting her children Iris, Hazel, Ivy and Ike from China and Vietnam
Michel Odent introduced the concept of birthing pools in French hospitals
"The stress stays with you right through to the very end, but it's worth it"
Former Mossad agent Hermann Arndt on his part in finding Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann
Ruth Goldberg was denounced as a left-wing activist when she stood for the PTA election
Bob Grove describes a psychiatric colony which resembled an 18th Century 'madhouse'
"If I want to do something worthwhile I must go to work with faith healers"
US author Elizabeth Wurtzel talks about her depression and Prozac's effect on her
Pierre-Celestine Rusengatabaro describes the psychological trauma of surviving
Freud believed that neurotic illness was caused by repressing painful memories
A covert co-operation to arrest people considered to be activists in 1970s Latin America
The secretive world of spies and state security systems of the 20th Century
"All spies were doing the same thing. Quite often spies gave each other information"
Blamed for the deaths of 50,000 men, she was famous for her seductions and pillow talk
The movement that sought to bring about violent change throughout Chinese society
The symbol of the Nazis, with roots in mythology, the swastika is now banned in Germany
The 20th Century's symbol of destruction
Helen Steel and Dave Morris reflect on what fast food branding means to them
What Mickey Mouse means to John Hench, the man who spent his life drawing him
Mickey Mouse, the swastika, the atomic mushroom cloud, McDonalds' golden arches and Mao
Millicent Obaso works as a reproductive health officer across 14 countries
Xia Li Qin accepts China's one child policy and doesn't know anyone who has more than one
How simple medicines saved Hytham Abdel Ma'soud's life when he got acute diarrhoea
Siriwat Wittikun made millions investing in the Thai stock market but he lost it all
From divorce to traditional values, from being an only child to modern parenting
Rohan Ponniah compares his father's role to his own experience of parenting
