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Mark Lawson reports on the opening of the Manchester International Festival, including interviews with film-maker Adam Curtis and artist Nikhil Chopra, whose show began at 4am. Show more
Charlie Brooker reviews the year known formally as 2014. The end of the year is often marked by a morbid sense of self-reflection, so why not laugh at others instead? Show more
A few hours before the polls open, Charlie Brooker presents an irreverent look back at the 2015 election campaign, mixing the big stories with the funniest and strangest moments. Show more
1 hour, 14 minutes
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Love, power, money, ghosts of empire, conspiracies, artificial intelligence – and You. Show more
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Dreams of revolution. But the ghosts of old power were still in the dreamer’s heads. Show more
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Money replaced the grand dreams of the future. It was safer. But then money took on a life of its own. Show more
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How power got inside your head in the 1990s. But you didn’t notice because you were busy shopping. Show more
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How a fake version of Britain was invented. To hide what we had really done in the empire. Show more
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How did we get here? And how do we get out? Show more
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England
Series of films exploring the idea that humans have been colonised by the machines they have built, seeing everything in the world through the eyes of computers. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England
Exploring how computers have changed society. This looks at how the idea of nature as a self-regulating ecosystem is a machine fantasy. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England
Exploring how computers have changed society. Why do humans find the machine vision beguiling - does it excuse our failure? Show more
Family tensions erupt as the Driscolls continue their journey. Geoff’s past catches up with him, and Hogwood presents an impossible choice. An escape plan puts everyone at risk. Show more
Yeltsin believes a war in Chechnya will save him. The Oligarchs seize control of practically everything. In an upside-down world, gangsters become heroes for defending democracy. Show more
Perestroika. The dream of saving communism. But no-one believes in anything any longer. The managers loot the system. Soldiers return defeated in the war to liberate Afghanistan. Show more
The empire strikes back. Hardliners attempt a coup. Power slips through their shaking hands. Oligarchs publish a manifesto. Money will replace all ideology. Yeltsin seizes power. Show more
Russia goes through the mirror into a chaotic dream world where nothing is stable any more. Dream visions of Russia's imperial past start to rise up. People cannot afford food. Show more
There are no potatoes in Moscow. Things get worse. Then they get much worse as the rational Communist plan runs out of control everywhere. But McDonald’s opens in Moscow. Show more
Russian society implodes. Millions of people fall into the abyss. Many live underground or in forests. The president attacks parliament with tanks saying he is saving democracy. Show more
Suddenly, the western bankers leave. Oligarchs take control and search for a new president to be their puppet. They choose Putin. Russians turn against 'the curse of democracy'. Show more
