The Living Century
Encyclopedia
The Living Century is an American biography
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 remaining episodes are hosted by Walter Cronkite
.
Golden Eagle award for a short form documentary
, as well as a 2001 Platinum Remi Award for Best Television Documentary at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.
Biography
A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts , biography also portrays the subject's experience of those events...
television series
Television program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...
that premiered on PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
on December 3, 2000. Each episode of the half-hour series documents the life of someone who is over 100 years old.
Episodes
The first two episodes are hosted by Jack LemmonJack Lemmon
John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III was an American actor and musician. He starred in more than 60 films including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Mister Roberts , Days of Wine and Roses, The Great Race, Irma la Douce, The Odd Couple, Save the Tiger John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8, 1925June...
. The remaining episodes are hosted by Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite
Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. was an American broadcast journalist, best known as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years . During the heyday of CBS News in the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" after being so named in an opinion poll...
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Reception
"Three Miracles" won a 2001 CineCINE
CINE is a consortium formulated to depict American life and thought realistically for a global audience. CINE recognizes and fosters the highest quality of non-theatrical film and video production through its semi-annual film competitions....
Golden Eagle award for a short form documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
, as well as a 2001 Platinum Remi Award for Best Television Documentary at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.