My Century Episodes Available now
Trucking in the US
Truck driver Stan Herrold has seen the US's road system transformed over the last 40 years
Playing on the Street
Winifred Barber recalls the bustle on the roads in the early part of the 20th Century
South Korea's Boom Years
Ahn Byung-wha on the economic reconstruction of South Korea after the civil war of 1950-53
Brazil's Landless Workers' Movement
Nina Toni's parents lost their farm. She now campaigns for the fairer distribution of land
Farming in Bangladesh
Mohammed Ismail Mia depends on agriculture and tills the land his father farmed before him
The Wall Street Crash of 1929
The crash resulted in the Great Depression and a recession that was felt worldwide
Germany's Hyperinflation
Herbert Rees and Marion Gerver on how costs spiralled out of control after World War I
Being a Prophet of Science Fact
Arthur C Clarke on being a prophet of science fact including satellites and space travel
The Space Race
Roald Sagdeev when the USSR and the US vied with each other to make the greatest advances
Discovering Comets
Carolyn Shoemaker has found 32 comets. She talks about comets impacting planets
