The Living Dead
1995 · BBC Two · 60 min · 1 season
S01E03 · Part 3: The Attic
Wed, 14 June, 6:30 am
The final film in Adam Curtis' series shows how Margaret Thatcher used Churchill's vision to shape Britain in the 1980s - and to stay in power.
About
British filmmaker Adam Curtis examines the different ways that history and memory (both national and individual) have been used and manipulated by politicians and others.
Episodes
- E01
Part 1: On the Desperate Edge of Now
Wed, 31 May· 60 minIn the 1930s the Nazi leaders attempted to reconstruct Germany's history. At the Nuremberg trials, Allied prosecutors tried to rewrite the history of the war for different reasons. Was either side successful, and how did these attempts affect future generations?
- E02
Part 2: You Have Used Me as a Fish Long Enough
Wed, 7 June· 60 minFifty years ago, a group of scientists believed they had found a way to wipe people's memories, and then reconstruct them.
- E03
Part 3: The Attic
Wed, 14 June· 60 minThe final film in Adam Curtis' series shows how Margaret Thatcher used Churchill's vision to shape Britain in the 1980s - and to stay in power.
Cast
Adam Curtis
Narrator