My Century Episodes Available now
Becoming a Red Guard
The movement that sought to bring about violent change throughout Chinese society
The Swastika
The symbol of the Nazis, with roots in mythology, the swastika is now banned in Germany
Atomic Mushroom Cloud
The 20th Century's symbol of destruction
McDonald's Golden Arches
Helen Steel and Dave Morris reflect on what fast food branding means to them
Mickey Mouse
What Mickey Mouse means to John Hench, the man who spent his life drawing him
First World War Spy Mata Hari
Blamed for the deaths of 50,000 men, she was famous for her seductions and pillow talk
Cold War Spy
"All spies were doing the same thing. Quite often spies gave each other information"
Secret State
The secretive world of spies and state security systems of the 20th Century
Pinochet's Operation Condor
A covert co-operation to arrest people considered to be activists in 1970s Latin America
Surviving the Rwandan Genocide
Pierre-Celestine Rusengatabaro describes the psychological trauma of surviving
