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Country of origin
  
United States

No. of episodes
  
5

Final episode date
  
25 July 2003

8.9/10
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Created by
  
Steven Latham

Original language(s)
  
English

First episode date
  
3 December 2000

Language
  
English

Directed by
  
Steven Latham Christopher Carson

Executive producer(s)
  
Barbra Streisand Cis Corman Steven Latham Christopher Carson

Presented by
  
Jack Lemmon, Walter Cronkite

Genres
  
Biography, Documentary film

Similar
  
POV, SportsCentury, American Masters, The Haunting of, Nova ScienceNow

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 Living Century was produced and distributed by Reverie Productions.

Contents

Episodes

The first two episodes are hosted by Jack Lemmon. The remaining episodes are hosted by Walter Cronkite.

Reception

"Three Miracles" won a 2001 Cine 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.

References

The Living Century Wikipedia