Release Date

11 Jun, 1992

Runtime

00:55: (HH:MM)

Total Episode/Season

6/1

Synopsis

A fable from the age of science

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 1

11 Jun, 1992

Six modern fables by Adam Curtis exploring the cultural impact of 20th Century science using archive, clips from feature films, cartoons and home movies.

Created By

Adam Curtis

Actors

Adam Curtis

Crew

Adam Curtis

Adam Curtis

Adam Curtis