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The Living Century: The Extraordinary Lives of Ordinary People is a new biography television series that profile individuals who are 100 years of age and older. Each 30-minute episode profiles the life of a single centenarian. Their memories, their unique perceptions of the world and the radical changes they witnessed during their lifetime come alive through interviews, family photographs, home movies, archival footage and an original musical score. There are 70,000 Americans who are at least 100 years old. By the year 2050, there will be 834,000. The producers research and select active and lucid centenarians to honor their lives, their experiences and the contributions they have made and continue to make to society.

"CyberFin" is a unique virtual reality experience that combines stereo-scopic 3-D footage of dolphins with holophonic 3-D sound to create the immersive experience of swimming with dolphins.

The Last Editor chronicles the life and career of Jim Bellows, a man who made his name, as well as the names of some of the best known writers in the country, challenging the status quo and championing the underdog, the start-up and the upstart from newspapers to television to the Internet. Jim was near the top or at the helm of major metropolitan dailies when newspapers were the dominant media through the turbulence of the Civil Rights Movement, the assassinations of John and Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, and the domestic turmoil of Vietnam. He was also a news producer and editor at ABC-TV, and one of the first prominent journalists to work in computer-based news and information as the editor of Prodigy, and later Excite.

"To Swim With Dolphins" aired in two segments on the long-running Sightings television show and featured the incredible story of Deane-Paul Anderson, a young boy with Downs Syndrome who makes remarkable progress with the help of dolphin assisted therapy.

Three accomplished centenarians: Frederia Sagor, 102, who started out writing silent films and made the transition to talkies; Ben Levinson, 104, a gold medalist at the Senior Olympics who refuses to slow down; and Clifford Holliday, 104, a World War I hero.

101-year-old pacifist Robert St. John has spent most of his life-more than 80 years- witnessing the worst of humankind as a journalist, mostly as a war correspondent. St. John shares his amazing journey of a peaceful warrior.

Dr. Ray H. Crist, once a director with the Manhattan Project and friend of Albert Einstein, is a passionate and learned centenarian who never retired.

Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe, still active and dating at 100, is the oldest living veteran of baseball's Negro Leagues and a larger-than-life character who played on more than 15 teams in his unbelievable 36-year career. In addition to catching for the legendary Satchel Paige, he was a member of the first integrated semi-pro team --12 years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in the major leagues.

Features 107-year-old Rose Freedman telling personal stories with the wisdom that only a centenarian can. Hosted by Jack Lemmon.