Atomic, Living in Dread and Promise - Storyville

Original version

BBC Four

BBC 4

Storyville

Documentaries

Films

Factual

Amazing, shocking, inspiring and award-winning - the best in international documentaries.

Amazing, shocking, inspiring and award-winning - the best in international documentaries, shining a light on untold stories from across the globe.

BBC Two

BBC Two Scotland

BBC Four HD

Atomic, Living in Dread and Promise

Mark Cousins

John Archer

Mark Atkin

Heather Croall

Nick Fraser

Storyville: Atomic, Living in Dread and Promise

Factual: History

08/08/2015

BBC Four - Storyville, Atomic, Living in Dread and Promise

An impressionistic kaleidoscope of our nuclear times and the beauty of the atomic world.

A Storyville documentary: an impressionistic kaleidoscope of our nuclear times - protest marches, Cold War sabre-rattling and Chernobyl - but also the beauty of the atomic world.

The bombing of Hiroshima showed the appalling destructive power of the atomic bomb. Mark Cousins's bold documentary looks at death in the atomic age, but life too. Using only archive film and a new musical score by the band Mogwai, the film shows us an impressionistic kaleidoscope of our nuclear times - protest marches, Cold War sabre-rattling, Chernobyl and Fukishima - but also the sublime beauty of the atomic world, and how x-rays and MRI scans have improved human lives. The nuclear age has been a nightmare, but dreamlike too.

Knowledge, arts, music and culture from the UK and the world.

BBC Four reflects arts, music and culture with an ambitious range of intellectually and culturally enriching programmes, taking an expert and in-depth approach to its subjects.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Storyville

Atomic, Living in Dread and Promise

Contributors

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC Four

About BBC Four