Miniseries
3 episodes · 1995
Episode 1. On the Desperate Edge of Now
1995-05-30 · 60 min
This episode examined how the various national memories of the Second World War were effectively rewritten and manipulated in the Cold War period. For Germany, this began at the Nuremberg Trials, where attempts were made to prevent the…
Episode 2. You Have Used Me as a Fish Long Enough
1995-06-06 · 60 min
In this episode, the history of brainwashing and mind control was examined. The angle pursued by Curtis was the way in which psychiatry pursued tabula rasa theories of the mind, initially in order to set people free from traumatic…
Episode 3. The Attic
1995-06-13 · 60 min
In this episode, the Imperial aspirations of Margaret Thatcher were examined. The way in which Mrs Thatcher used public relations in an attempt to emulate Winston Churchill in harking back to Britain's "glorious past" to fulfil a…
