June 19, 2006 • 1h
The first episode in the series shows that in 1900 the world was dominated by Empires that were both multinational and multiracial...Read more
July 26, 2006 • 1h
In the aftermath of the First World War, the whole world was entranced by an American dream. America stood for new freedoms: in ec...Read more
July 3, 2006 • 1h
1942 was the year that the 20th century teetered on a knife-edge. It was the year when the whole world map appeared to have been r...Read more
July 10, 2006 • 1h
The years from 1943 to 1945 were the cataclysmic crux of the 20th Century's war of the world. But the defeat of the German and Jap...Read more
July 17, 2006 • 1h
We remember the Cold War as a nuclear-powered peace that came terrifyingly close to falling apart. But there were many parts of th...Read more
July 24, 2006 • 1h
When the Berlin Wall finally fell, the 20th century seemed to have reached its climax. Optimists believed they were witnessing the...Read more