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What it felt like to live through the collapse of communism and democracy. A series of films by Adam Curtis.
Genres:DocumentaryWar & Politics
Network:BBC iPlayer
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Season 1

  • Part One - 1985 to 1989
    7.4/1053 votes
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    Part One - 1985 to 1989

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/13/2022

    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.

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  • Part Two - 1989 to 1991
    7.6/1042 votes
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    Part Two - 1989 to 1991

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/2022

    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.

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  • Part Three - 1991
    7.6/1038 votes
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    Part Three - 1991

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/2022

    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.

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  • Part Four - 1992 to 1994
    7.7/1036 votes
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    Part Four - 1992 to 1994

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/2022

    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.

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  • Part Five - 1993 to 1996
    7.8/1034 votes
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    Part Five - 1993 to 1996

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/2022

    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.

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  • Part Six - 1994 to 1998
    7.7/1034 votes
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    Part Six - 1994 to 1998

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/13/2022

    The group around the president believe a war in Chechnya will save him. Others want the war to restore the glory of the Russian empire. The Oligarchs seize control of practically everything. In the upside down world gangsters become heroes for defending democracy.

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  • Part Seven - 1995 to 1999
    7.5/1034 votes
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    Part Seven - 1995 to 1999

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/13/2022

    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".

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