Documentary series available on iPlayer, analysing the shifting of power that has occurred in our politics and society from Thatcher to present day, with an emphasis on how it has felt to experience these times. Using exclusively BBC Archive footage.

Description of Episode 1:

The dream world that Mrs Thatcher promised. And the ghosts that came back to disrupt it.

When power begins to shift in society, everything becomes unstable, exciting and frightening. Adam Curtis’ new films tell the dramatic story of what it was like to live through the extraordinary change in Britain over the past forty years. It wasn’t just the decline of political power it was also a seismic shift in consciousness in Britain at the end of the 20th century. 

Gay Scottish Disco. Intersex dog. Mrs Thatcher. Encounter group. Ghosts of the Empire. Jimmy Savile. The Cheese and Onion computer. Video dating. Ian Curtis. Monetarism. Dead pilot. Stephen Hawking and Black Holes. National Front. Fat-shaming ventriloquist. Dub clash sound system. Party elephant. Wanker on the line. Racist attacks. Bucks Fizz.