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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.

• 4 mins

Cambodia's Khmer Rouge

Van Nath is one of a handful of people to survive the notoriously brutal Tuol Sleng prison

• 4 mins

The Fall of the Berlin Wall

Oliver Berlau became one of the first East Germans to breach the Berlin Wall in 1989

• 4 mins

Instability and Revolution

From the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian empire to the fall of the Berlin Wall

• 29 mins

The First UN Global Environment Conference

Environmentalist Maurice Strong grew up in rural Canada with a strong interest in nature

• 4 mins

The Schuman Plan

Max Kohnstamm on his part in creating the European Coal and Steel Authority in 1952

• 4 mins

The Father of Underwater Photography

Hans Hass developed a waterproof casing for cameras so that he could both dive and film

• 4 mins

The French Resistance

Marcel Cerbu transmitted intelligence to London until he was captured in 1943

• 4 mins

Farming - Organic Orchards

John Jacobson plants his trees high up among the old forests on his mountainous farm

• 4 mins

Farming - From Horse to Combine Harvester

Ray Waters on how harvests in England have changed from using horses to being mechanised

• 4 mins

Growing up as Part of Stalin's Family

Sergo Beria's father was Stalin's chief of police and grew up as part of Stalin's family

• 4 mins

Discovering New Stars

Jocelyn Bell-Burnell describes her part in the discovery of a new kind of star - a pulsar

• 4 mins

Collectivisation of Soviet Agriculture

Victor Danilov remembers Stalin's collective farms - and the famine that followed

• 4 mins

Being a Prophet of Science Fact

Arthur C Clarke on being a prophet of science fact including satellites and space travel

• 3 mins

The Space Race

Roald Sagdeev when the USSR and the US vied with each other to make the greatest advances

• 4 mins

Discovering Comets

Carolyn Shoemaker has found 32 comets. She talks about comets impacting planets

• 3 mins

First British Astronaut

Helen Sharman describes going to the Mir space station in 1991

• 4 mins

Germany's Hyperinflation

Herbert Rees and Marion Gerver on how costs spiralled out of control after World War I

• 4 mins

The Wall Street Crash of 1929

The crash resulted in the Great Depression and a recession that was felt worldwide

• 4 mins

South Korea's Boom Years

Ahn Byung-wha on the economic reconstruction of South Korea after the civil war of 1950-53

• 4 mins

Brazil's Landless Workers' Movement

Nina Toni's parents lost their farm. She now campaigns for the fairer distribution of land

• 4 mins

Farming in Bangladesh

Mohammed Ismail Mia depends on agriculture and tills the land his father farmed before him

• 3 mins

Being a Vespa Fanatic

Ermanno Spadoni recalls the days when raced around the countryside as a young man

• 4 mins

The Impact of Ford's Model T

"Previous to the Model T the average person couldn't afford an automobile"

• 4 mins

The People's Car, the VW Beetle

The Volkswagen Beetle became popular with the allied forces in Germany after World War II

• 4 mins

Playing on the Street

Winifred Barber recalls the bustle on the roads in the early part of the 20th Century

• 4 mins

Trucking in the US

Truck driver Stan Herrold has seen the US's road system transformed over the last 40 years

• 4 mins

Boom and Bust

German hyperinflation, the Wall Street crash, becoming a millionaire and losing it all

• 27 mins

Working the Land

Organic farming, Soviet collectivization, the mechanisation of agriculture and rice farms

• 28 mins

Lost In Space

Science fiction, the 'Space Race', discovering stars and comets, and travelling to space

• 27 mins