100 Jahre – Der Countdown (1999)

Original title

100 Jahre - Der Countdown

Genre

documentary television program

Country

Germany

Length

10 seasons, 99 episodes

Rated

6

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This German documentary series presents one important event for each year of the 20th century. Host Guido Knopp guides viewers through these historical moments. The show originally aired daily near the end of 1999.

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What happens

100 Jahre – Der Countdown (English - 100 Years - The Countdown) is a German documentary television series produced by Zolcer TV. It was first broadcast in 1999 on ZDF. The host of the series is Guido Knopp. Most of the 100 episodes focus on a single event in a given year. The total length of the series is about 16 1⁄2 hours. The series was first broadcast on the last 100 days of 1999, one episode after the daily news cast ZDF Heute-Journal. Since New Year's Eve 1999 the full length of "100 Jahre" is broadcast several times a year by Phoenix. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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