Age of Hope
The first programme in a major new 26-part series which chronicles the turbulent changes of the 20th century as seen from the point of view of the ordinary people who have lived through them.
This first episode goes back to the turn of the century, a time of great expectation and a belief that progress would undoubtedly change people's lives for the better.
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Producer Jonathan Lewis ; Executive producer Peter Pagnamenta
Repeated next Monday on BBC2
* A century of change: page 22