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Pandora's Box, subtitled A Fable From the Age of Science, is a BBC television documentary series by Adam Curtis looking at the consequences of political and technocratic rationalism. It won a BAFTA for Best Factual Series in 1993.
Original Release
06/11/1992 on BBC
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| George Ball | Self |
| David H. Hackworth | Self |
| Tony Benn | Self |
| Milton Friedman | Self |
| Deborah Kahn | Self |
| Langdon Winner | Self - Historian of Science |
| John Stockwell | Self - CIA Officer in West Africa |
| Joan Halifax | Self - The Ojai Foundation |
| Thomas Schelling | Self |
| Aleksei Sergeevich Vassiliev | Self |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Engineers' Plot: A Fable from the Age of Science | Thursday, 11 June 1992 |
| 2 | To the Brink of Eternity | Thursday, 18 June 1992 |
| 3 | The League of Gentlemen | Monday, 22 June 1992 |
| 4 | Goodbye Mrs Ant | Thursday, 02 July 1992 |
| 5 | Black Power | Thursday, 09 July 1992 |
| 6 | A Is for Atom | Thursday, 16 July 1992 |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| George Ball | Self |
| David H. Hackworth | Self |
| Tony Benn | Self |
| Milton Friedman | Self |
| Deborah Kahn | Self |
| Langdon Winner | Self - Historian of Science |
| John Stockwell | Self - CIA Officer in West Africa |
| Joan Halifax | Self - The Ojai Foundation |
| Thomas Schelling | Self |
| Aleksei Sergeevich Vassiliev | Self |
| Bill Mahoney | Self - U.S. Ambassador to Ghana 1962-65 |
| Samuel Brittan | Self - The Financial Times |
| Alan Budd | Self - Economic Adviser to the Treasury 1970-1974 |
| Leonid Pavlovich Katovskii | Self |
| Ralph Harris of High Cross | Self - President of Institute of Economic Affairs |
| Kelvin Spencer | Self - Chief Scientist, Ministry of Power 1954-59 |
| Jonathan Frimpong-Ansah | Self - Deputy Governor, Ghana Central Bank 1965-68 |
| Evgenii A. Ivanov | Self |
| Herbert York | Self |
| Gail Neale | Self |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Edward Mirzoeff | Executive Producer |
| Dan Reed | Producer |
| Adam Curtis | Producer |
