TV series

Pandora's Box

Name: Pandora's Box
Director: Adam Curtis
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1992-06-11
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Adam Curtis

A fable from the age of science

1992 0hr : 55m Documentary ★ 7.4

Pandora's Box is a six-part 1992 BBC documentary television series which examines the consequences of political and technocratic rationalism. The episodes deal, in order, with communism in The Soviet Union, systems analysis and game theory during the Cold War, economy in the United Kingdom during the 1970s, the insecticide DDT, Kwame Nkrumah's leadership in Ghana during the 1950s and 1960s and the history of nuclear power.

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Series 16 episodes

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Adam CurtisNarrator

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Pandora's Box combines Documentary storytelling.
The principal cast includes Adam Curtis.

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Best suited to viewers looking for Documentary. The available catalogue spans 1 season.

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Themes and topics

cold warscientific studysocietypoliticsminiserieseconomicstechnocracy