The Beyond Within The Fall of LSD
The second of two programmes exploring the turbulent history of the psychedelic drug LSD.
Tonight Everyman follows the bizarre and sometimes tragic events as LSD escaped from the laboratory and was consumed, during the 1960's, by millions of young people seeking enlightenment and consciousness expansion. To some, like the novelist Ken Kesey , LSD was a sacrament that seemed to reveal a new and better reality. But others were overwhelmed and damaged by the drug, and 20 years ago LSD was classified as an illegal substance. With the help of Albert Hofmann , discoverer of LSD,
Rosie Boycott , founder of Spare Rib magazine, and Roger Scruton , conservative writer and thinker, Everyman asks what influence the drug had on the social upheaval of the 60s. Was it taken simply for kicks, or did LSD's popularity hint at something deeper?
Narrator Peter France Film editor RON TAYLOR
Assistant producer JULIAN BIRKETT Producer MAX wmTBY
Everyman editor DANIEL WOLF