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Quick Info

Rating

7.7/10

Release2021

Seasons1

Episodes6

StatusEnded

Networks

BBC iPlayer

Production

BBC Film

TV Show

Can't Get You Out of My Head

7.7

2021

Documentary

War & Politics

Synopsis

In six films, Adam Curtis traces the different forces across the world that have led to now. It covers a wide range—including the strange roots of modern conspiracy theories, the history of China, opium and opioids, the history of Artificial Intelligence, melancholy over the loss of empire and, love and power. And explores whether modern culture, despite its radicalism, is really just part of the new system of power.

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