Episodes
| Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Object 101 | 20201225 | 20201230 (R4) | Ten years on from the ground-breaking Radio 4 series, 'A History of The World in 100 Objects', former director of the British Museum Neil MacGregor looks back at the impact of the series, on how storytelling in museums has changed over a turbulent decade and asks which object from 2020 would best encapsulate our modern age. Producer: Paul Kobrak Neil MacGregor updates his famous radio series with an object chosen to represent 2020. Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, retells humanity's history through objects Ten years on from the ground-breaking Radio 4 series, 'A History of The World in 100 Objects', former director of the British Museum Neil MacGregor looks back at the impact of the series, on how storytelling in museums has changed over a turbulent decade and asks which object from 2020 would best encapsulate our modern age. Producer: Paul Kobrak Neil MacGregor updates his famous radio series with an object chosen to represent 2020. Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, retells humanity's history through objects |
| The 100th Object | 20101008 | Neil MacGregor and the British Museum have chosen the final object for A History of the World in 100 Objects. Radio 4 will reveal it to the nation on 14th October. Before that announcement, Evan Davis has been to the museum to see what objects were considered for the short list to be the 100th, and from which the final object was selected. Can something made in 2010 really speak to future generations of the challenges and ingenuity of our time? Evan Davis finds out. Evan Davis runs through the contenders for A History of the World's last object. Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, retells humanity's history through objects | |
| The 100th Object | 20101009 | Neil MacGregor and the British Museum have chosen the final object for A History of the World in 100 Objects. Radio 4 will reveal it to the nation on 14th October. Before that announcement, Evan Davis has been to the museum to see what objects were considered for the short list to be the 100th, and from which the final object was selected. Can something made in 2010 really speak to future generations of the challenges and ingenuity of our time? Evan Davis finds out. Evan Davis runs through the contenders for A History of the World's last object. Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, retells humanity's history through objects | |
| The 100th Object | 20101011 | Neil MacGregor and the British Museum have chosen the final object for A History of the World in 100 Objects. Radio 4 will reveal it to the nation on 14th October. Before that announcement, Evan Davis has been to the museum to see which objects were considered for the short list to be the 100th, and from which the final object was selected. Can something from 2010 really speak to future generations of the challenges and ingenuity of our time? Evan Davis finds out. Evan Davis runs through the contenders for A History of the World's last object. Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, retells humanity's history through objects | |
| The 100th Object | 20101012 | Neil MacGregor and the British Museum have chosen the final object for A History of the World in 100 Objects. Radio 4 will reveal it to the nation on 14th October. Before that announcement, Evan Davis has been to the museum to see what objects were considered for the short list to be the 100th, and from which the final object was selected. Can something made in 2010 really speak to future generations of the challenges and ingenuity of our time? Evan Davis finds out. Evan Davis runs through the contenders for A History of the World's last object. Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, retells humanity's history through objects | |
| The 100th Object | 20101013 | Neil MacGregor and the British Museum have chosen the final object for A History of the World in 100 Objects. Radio 4 will reveal it to the nation on 14th October. Before that announcement, Evan Davis has been to the museum to see what objects were considered for the short list to be the 100th, and from which the final object was selected. Can something made in 2010 really speak to future generations of the challenges and ingenuity of our time? Evan Davis finds out. Evan Davis runs through the contenders for A History of the World's last object. Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, retells humanity's history through objects |