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People's Century is a television documentary series examining the 20th century. It was a joint production of the BBC in the United Kingdom and PBS member station WGBH Boston in the United States. The series was first shown on BBC in the 1995, 1996 and 1997 television seasons before being broadcast in the US and elsewhere in the world in 1998.
Original Release
09/13/1995 on BBC
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Sean Barrett | Narrator |
| Veronika Hyks | Narrator |
| Eva Hart | Self |
| Stanislava Kraskovskaya | Self - Born 1897 |
| Donald Hodge | Self - Born 1894 |
| Ay Sears | Self - Born 1892 |
| Dorah Ramothibe | Self - Born 1881 |
| Sergei Butsko | Self - Born 1896 |
| Gertrude Jarrett | Self - Born 1890 |
| Raymond Abescat | Self - Born 1891 |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Age of Hope | Wednesday, 13 September 1995 |
| 2 | Killing Fields | Wednesday, 20 September 1995 |
| 3 | Red Flag | Wednesday, 27 September 1995 |
| 4 | People Power | Sunday, 16 February 1997 |
| 5 | Great Escape | Wednesday, 25 October 1995 |
| 6 | Sporting Fever | Wednesday, 11 October 1995 |
| 7 | On the Line | Wednesday, 18 October 1995 |
| 8 | Breadline | Wednesday, 01 November 1995 |
| 9 | Master Race | Wednesday, 04 October 1995 |
| 11 | Total War | Wednesday, 15 November 1995 |
| 12 | Brave New World | Sunday, 15 September 1996 |
| 13 | Freedom Now | Sunday, 29 September 1996 |
| 14 | Boom Time | Sunday, 22 September 1996 |
| 15 | Young Blood | Sunday, 19 January 1997 |
| 16 | Fallout | Sunday, 06 October 1996 |
| 17 | Endangered Planet | Sunday, 27 October 1996 |
| 18 | Great Leap | Sunday, 12 January 1997 |
| 19 | Asia Rising | Sunday, 13 October 1996 |
| 20 | Skin Deep | Sunday, 20 October 1996 |
| 21 | Half the People | Saturday, 25 January 1997 |
| 22 | Picture Power | Sunday, 03 November 1996 |
| 23 | Living Longer | Sunday, 05 January 1997 |
| 24 | Guerrilla Wars | Sunday, 02 February 1997 |
| 25 | God Fights Back | Sunday, 09 February 1997 |
| 26 | Fast Forward | Sunday, 23 February 1997 |
Directors
Archie Baron, Jonathan Lewis, Mark Davis, Dominic Ozanne, Charles Furneaux
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Sean Barrett | Narrator |
| Veronika Hyks | Narrator |
| Eva Hart | Self |
| Stanislava Kraskovskaya | Self - Born 1897 |
| Donald Hodge | Self - Born 1894 |
| Ay Sears | Self - Born 1892 |
| Dorah Ramothibe | Self - Born 1881 |
| Sergei Butsko | Self - Born 1896 |
| Gertrude Jarrett | Self - Born 1890 |
| Raymond Abescat | Self - Born 1891 |
| Jeanne Plouvin | Self |
| Nellie Gillenson | Self |
| Beryl Bristow | Self - Born 1896 |
| John Morton-Finney | Self - Born 1889 |
| Maurice Bourgeois | Self - Born 1896 |
| Alexander Briansky | Self |
| Mohei Tamura | Self - Born 1890 |
| Max Kleinman | Self - Born 1891 |
| Yetta Sperling | Self |
| Guo Jing Tong | Self - Born 1890 |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Zvi Dor-Ner | Executive Producer |
| Peter Pagnamenta | Executive Producer |
| Nancy Fraser | Producer |
| Charles Furneaux | Producer |
| Harry Gural | Producer |
| Jonathan Lewis | Producer |
| Dominic Ozanne | Producer |
| Angela Holdsworth | Producer |
| Bill Treharne Jones | Producer |
