CinemaOSSeries · 1992 · 1 Season

Pandora's Box

A fable from the age of science

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Pandora's Box is a six-part 1992 BBC documentary television series which examines the consequences of political and technocratic rationalism. The episodes deal, in order, with communism in The Soviet Union, systems analysis and game theory during the Cold War, economy in the United Kingdom during the 1970s, the insecticide DDT, Kwame Nkrumah's leadership in Ghana during the 1950s and 1960s and the history of nuclear power.

Created byAdam Curtis

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Status
Ended
Language
EN
First aired
June 11, 1992
Last aired
July 16, 1992
Seasons
1
Episodes
6
Network
BBC Two

Season 1

Episodes

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Featuring

Cast & crew

1 credited
Starring
Adam Curtis

Adam Curtis

Narrator

Creative team
Created by
Adam Curtis
Adam Curtis
Written by
Adam Curtis
Adam Curtis
Produced by
Adam Curtis
Adam Curtis

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