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  • 2017-01-07T13:00:00Z
  • 1h
  • 6h 49m (8 episodes)
  • Australia
  • English
  • WildBear Entertainment
  • Documentary, History
The history of mankind is a never-ending story of change, revolution, and evolution - but surely no span of a hundred years can claim to have changed the world so dramatically, rapidly or so irreversibly as the Twentieth Century. At the start of the twentieth century the map of the world was colored to illustrate the pervasiveness of the great European empires. Everywhere, from China in the east to all but a couple of countries in Europe, ancient dynasties wore their crowns in apparent security. None of that survived the next one hundred years. But change does not come in on the wind. Change proceeds from events - a political row, an assassination, a natural disaster, a human error or stroke of genius. Great changes flow from such events. The most tumultuous events of the twentieth century altered the world on a scale unprecedented in human history. In this series we examine the 101 Events which, in the judgment of experts, including those who contribute to the series, most influentially shaped the century, our world, and our way of life.

8 episodes

Series Premiere

2017-12-31T13:00:00Z

1x01 Events 101 to 89

Series Premiere

1x01 Events 101 to 89

  • 2017-12-31T13:00:00Z52m

From the coronation of the enduring British monarch Queen Elizabeth II, to the rise of Iranian dictator Khomeini, to the impeachment trials of US president Bill Clinton. From the discovery of King Tut in The Valley of Kings to the evacuation of Dunkirk.

2017-01-07T13:00:00Z

1x02 Events 88 to 74

1x02 Events 88 to 74

  • 2017-01-07T13:00:00Z51m

Count down events 88 to 74 that have shaped and influenced thought, marked wars, changed fashion, and rebuilt economies. We see the release of a book called Silent Spring that put a voice to an important plight, the doom of the Jonestown cult, and the opening of Disneyland.

2018-01-14T13:00:00Z

1x03 Events 75 to 63

1x03 Events 75 to 63

  • 2018-01-14T13:00:00Z51m

Counting down from 75 to 63 we showcase great works of art and scientific feats in space, civil wars, sieges, and environmental crises. We see the construction of the Panama Canal and the invention of genetically modified crops that changed the future of food.

2018-01-21T13:00:00Z

1x04 Events 62 to 50

1x04 Events 62 to 50

  • 2018-01-21T13:00:00Z51m

The battle of Stalingrad was turning point in WWII, the Rwandan genocide and Tiananmen Square massacre left millions in sorrow, war criminals were taken to trial in Nuremberg, the creation of the bra that would symbolize the liberation of women, and a groundbreaking heart transplant.

2018-01-28T13:00:00Z

1x05 Events 49 to 34

1x05 Events 49 to 34

  • 2018-01-28T13:00:00Z51m

Wars, politics, and revolutions - the events of the 20th century changed the way in which we live. We count down events that include a Treaty in Versailles aimed at bringing peace to the world, the Watergate political scandal, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the assassination of John Lennon.

2018-02-04T13:00:00Z

1x06 Events 35 to 24

1x06 Events 35 to 24

  • 2018-02-04T13:00:00Z51m

A space venture of a shuttle called Challenger, a ship journey on the unsinkable Titanic, and a car chase of Princess Diana. We see a war in Vietnam, in China, and war upon the U.S.; the birth of the Israeli nation, and a new style of cinema with sound.

2018-02-11T13:00:00Z

1x07 Events 23 to 11

1x07 Events 23 to 11

  • 2018-02-11T13:00:00Z51m

From the Wright brothers who flew a plane for the first time, to a country that launched Sputnik into space for the first time, the 20th century showed our rapid advance in technological feats. A new vaccination for the polio epidemic and a leap in human rights with a new Declaration.

2018-02-18T13:00:00Z

1x08 Events 10 to 1

1x08 Events 10 to 1

  • 2018-02-18T13:00:00Z51m

Which 10 events will stay in our minds and hearts as those that marked history? Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" Speech influenced civil rights laws, apartheid ended in South Africa, a bomb dropped in Hiroshima, and man landed on the moon.

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