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Pandora's Box

1992 – 1992 · BBC Two
1 seasons · 6 episodes
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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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Six modern fables by Adam Curtis exploring the cultural impact of 20th Century science using archive, clips from feature films, cartoons and home movies.

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Adam Curtis
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Created by Adam Curtis

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Status
Ended
Type
Miniseries
First aired
Jun 11, 1992
Original language
EN
Country
GB

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