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The Living Dead
Three films by Adam Curtis about the attempts of those in power to control the past.
1. On the Desperate Edge of Now (58 mins)
- The TrapAdam Curtis discovers the origins of our contemporary idea of freedom.
- The Mayfair SetHow a quartet, all belonging to a 1960s gambling club, changed our world forever.
- The Century of the SelfHow the all-consuming self dominates today's world – and how it’s been manipulated.
- Inside StoryThe story of 11-year-old Michael, who has twice attempted to burn down his house. (1975)45 mins
- Modern TimesBehind the scenes at the Public Carriage Office as taxi drivers take The Knowledge. (1996)49 mins
- The Great PhilosophersWisdom through the ages. Bryan Magee unpacks the big ideas of history’s greatest thinkers
- The Age of UncertaintyA masterclass from John Kenneth Galbraith. The history and consequences of economic ideas
- Marcus Rashford: Feeding Britain’s ChildrenHow the England footballer won public and political support for a deeply personal cause.59 mins
- The 1951 Festival of Britain: A Brave New WorldStory behind the festival which showed how to carve out a bright future through design.59 mins
- Dylan Thomas: I Sing to You StrangersFriends, relatives and broadcasters give an account of the person Dylan Thomas really was.48 mins
- Sirius: An Apocalyptic OrderMass suicide or massacre? The story of an obscure death cult that shocked the world
- How the Holocaust BeganChaos. Collusion. Cruelty. Unearthing the beginnings of the greatest crime in humanity59 mins
