My Century Episodes Available now

Che Guevara
Richard Gott was there when the security forces showed Guevara's body to the press

The Invention of Nylon
Norman Miles took part in an early experiment to test the durability of the new fibre

The Falsification of Photographs in the USSR
How Stalin encouraged the alteration of photographs to remove people such as Trotsky

Making Clothes in Gambia
Dressmaker Margery Liwali talks about one of Gambia's most popular professions

Looking through a Family Album
Dorothy Childs on her family photos that captured key moments of the 20th Century

Monuments and Memorials
Commemorating the people and events that marked the 20th Century

The UN's Dag Hammarskjold
Brian Urquhart remembers Dag Hammarskjold who helped shape the United Nations.

New Zealand's Aviation Pioneer
Jean Batten flew solo from Britain to New Zealand in 1936

Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington
Jan Scruggs describes how it has helped the US to recover from the trauma of Vietnam

Israel's Yad Vashem
Ben Helscott lost both parents in the Holocaust. He describes what Israel's memorial means