A two-part series charting Sigmund Freud 's early career. Struggling with the Demon. As an aspiring neurologist, Freud pioneered a treatment for hysteria based on a technique he called "free association", attributing the condition to childhood sexual abuse. This first programme takes ajourney into dreams and memory to show how the troubled psychiatrist tried to develop his theories on human nature, and how his father's death affected his work.
Producer David Grubin ; Executive producer Carol Sennett