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October 9, 2007

Season 1

Adam Curtis' short films from Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe and Newswipe programmes.

01. The Rise and Fall of the TV Journalist

A short and possibly unfair history of the rise and fall of the TV journalist as a hero.

October 9, 2007

02. Oh Dearism

Are you finding the world’s news too depressing and scary to bear? This is the story of the rise of Oh Dearism in television news.

April 8, 2009

03. Paranoia and Moral Panics

Once upon a time politicians believed they could change the world…

Adam Curtis reveals how the media has turned us all into paranoid weirdos.

February 9, 2010

04. Oh Dearism II

So much of the news is depressing and confusing, to which the only response is 'Oh Dear'. Has that defeatist response become a central part of a new system of political control?

December 30, 2014

05. Living in an Unreal World

We live in a dream world, detached from reality. Adam Curtis reveals how, if you pull back and look at everyday life around you, you can see the cracks appearing through the shiny surface of the cocoon we live in.

December 15, 2016