Season 1

The story of the men and women who took to the air in the first half of the 20th century.

The story of a golden age of theatre, cinema and music hall during the 1920s and 30s.

A look at the sacrifice made by ordinary people during the 20th century's two world wars.

A look at how women's roles in society changed through the first half of the 20th century.

The innovation and technological breakthroughs of the first half of the 20th century.

The fates of the European royal dynasties during the first half of the 20th century.

Newsreel showing how we spent our leisure time during the first half of the 20th century.

1950s newsreel tells the story of the struggle to maintain peace in the 1920 and 30s.

1950s newsreel tells the story of gangsters and Depression-era criminals in the USA.

1950s newsreel tells how two world wars impacted on the UK's civilian population.

The people who went furthest and fastest in the first half of the 20th century.

The hardships and privations of the 1920s and 30s on both sides of the Atlantic.