My Century Episodes Available now

Heroes and Heroines
Personal recollections of Gandhi, Eva Peron, Gamal Abdel Nasser, JFK and Princess Diana

The Big Bang Theory
Bob Wilson on how the universe was born in an enormous explosion 14 billion years ago

The Search for Human Origins
The key discoveries in east Africa and the quest to find more about our ancient ancestors

The Rise of English in Nigeria
"It's a language of upward mobility. It's a language of opportunity"

The Storytelling Tradition in North America
Dovie Thomason tries to find truths from stories that are universal for any era

Khinalig - a Dying Language
High in the Caucasus mountains of Azerbaijan is the village of Khinalig where speaker Anver Mamedov is the schoolmaster. Mamedov is aware that times are changing and is worried that the Khinalig language spoken only in this village will not survive.

Being an Interpreter at the EU Headquarters
Sandra Gallina talks about making sure that the representatives understand each other

Churchill's Interpreter
Hugh Lunghi describes interpreting between Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin

Origins
How the origins of man and planet Earth have developed over the 20th Century

Women Ordained in the Anglican Church
Angela Berners Wilson was one of the first to be ordained in the Church of England