The Living Century
Television series
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The Living Century is an American biographical television series that premiered on PBS on December 3, 2000. Each episode of the half-hour series documents the life of someone who is over 100 years old. The Living Century was produced and distributed by Reverie Productions.
GenreBiography
Documentary
Documentary
Created bySteven Latham
Directed bySteven Latham
Christopher Carson
Christopher Carson
Presented byJack Lemmon
Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite
| The Living Century | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Biography Documentary |
| Created by | Steven Latham |
| Directed by | Steven Latham Christopher Carson |
| Presented by | Jack Lemmon Walter Cronkite |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Barbra Streisand Cis Corman Steven Latham Christopher Carson |
| Producer | Nicholas M. Loeb |
| Running time | 27 minutes |
| Production company | Portfolio Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | PBS |
| Release | December 3, 2000 – July 25, 2003 |
Episodes
The first two episodes are hosted by Jack Lemmon. The remaining episodes are hosted by Walter Cronkite.
| No. | Title | Original release date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Three Miracles"[1][2][3] | December 3, 2000[2] | |
|
Rose Freedman. | |||
| 2 | "A Teacher and Student for Life"[1][2][3] | December 4, 2000[2] | |
| TBA | "A Peaceful Warrior"[3] | April 2003[4][5] | |
| TBA | "Double Duty"[3][6] | June 15, 2003[6] | |
|
Ted Radcliffe, also known as "Double Duty", turned pro in baseball in the 1920s and played in the Negro leagues for four decades. | |||
| TBA | "3 Voices"[3] | 2003[3] | |
|
Frederica Sagor Maas, Clifford Holiday, and Ben Levinson. | |||
Reception
"Three Miracles" won a 2001 Cine Golden Eagle award for a short form documentary,[7] as well as a 2001 Platinum Remi Award for Best Television Documentary at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.[8]