My Century Episodes Available now

Pioneering Movie Special Effects
Ray Harryhausen was inspired to become an animator when watching King Kong in 1933

Changing Attitudes to Women through Indian Cinema
How stardom has helped Shabana Azmi make films that challenge traditional attitudes

Women of the World
Women who have made their mark on the 20th Century from a prison reformer to a suffragette

Aspects of Mental Health
Patients and professionals talk about the mental health issues that have affected them

Last of Their Generation
Remembering Stalin, the French Resistance, underwater photography and the Bloomsbury Group

Fighting Under the Israeli Flag
Netiva Ben Yehu joined the Jewish underground to fight against the British and the Arabs

Votes for Women in Britain
Protests, hunger strikes, sleep deprivation and prison were endured by suffragettes

Improving Prisons in India
Kiran Bedi converted Tihar jail into a place of reformation - an ashram

Retaining Dignity Under Apartheid
"Our freedom is such a precious thing for us in South Africa"

Building the 20th Century
Architecture and its development - how building design changed over the 20th Century