The Century That Wrote Itself (Documentary, English)
Genres: History
Status: Ended
Premiered: 2013-04-10
Ended: 2013-04-24
Network: BBC Four
Country: GB
Airs on: Wednesday
Runtime: 60 minutes
Author Adam Nicolson takes an intimate look at the 17th century's diarists and letter writers and how they produced the first great age of
 self-depiction.