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All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace is a BBC television documentary series by filmmaker Adam Curtis. In the series, Curtis argues that computers have failed to liberate humanity, and instead have "distorted and simplified our view of the world around us." The title is taken from a 1967 poem of the same name by Richard Brautigan. The first episode was originally broadcast at 9 pm on 23 May 2011.
Original Release
05/23/2011 on BBC
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Adam Curtis | Self / Self - Narrator (voice) / Self - Presenter / Self - Narrator |
| Stewart Brand | Self / Self - Global Business Network |
| Al Gore | Self / Self - Former Vice-President of the United States |
| Joseph Stiglitz | Self / Self - Head of the Council of Economic Advisers 1995-1997 |
| Robert Rubin | Self / Self - US Secretary of the Treasury 1995-1999 |
| Alvin Toffler | Self / Self - Digital Futurologist |
| Barbara Branden | Self / Self - Member of Ayn Rand's circle, 1950s |
| Kathleen Price | Self / Self - George Price's Daughter |
| Nathaniel Branden | Self / Self - Member of Ayn Rand's circle, 1950s |
| Loren Carpenter | Self |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Love and Power | Monday, 23 May 2011 |
| 2 | The Use and Abuse of Vegetational Concepts | Monday, 30 May 2011 |
| 3 | The Monkey in the Machine and the Machine in the Monkey | Monday, 06 June 2011 |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Adam Curtis | Self / Self - Narrator (voice) / Self - Presenter / Self - Narrator |
| Stewart Brand | Self / Self - Global Business Network |
| Al Gore | Self / Self - Former Vice-President of the United States |
| Joseph Stiglitz | Self / Self - Head of the Council of Economic Advisers 1995-1997 |
| Robert Rubin | Self / Self - US Secretary of the Treasury 1995-1999 |
| Alvin Toffler | Self / Self - Digital Futurologist |
| Barbara Branden | Self / Self - Member of Ayn Rand's circle, 1950s |
| Kathleen Price | Self / Self - George Price's Daughter |
| Nathaniel Branden | Self / Self - Member of Ayn Rand's circle, 1950s |
| Loren Carpenter | Self |
| Kevin Kelly | Self - Editor - Wired Magazine / Self |
| Jay Forrester | Self / Self - Systems Theorist |
| Steward Pickett | Self / Self - Ecologist |
| Michael Ruse | Self / Self - Friend of Bill Hamilton |
| Keniche Ohmae | Self / Self - Author 'The End of the Nation State' |
| Peder Anker | Self / Self - Historian of Ecology |
| Randall Gibson | Self / Self - Former Member of Synergia Commune |
| Joan Mitchell | Self |
| Kevin O'Connor | Self / Self - Internet Entrepreneur, Silicon Valley 1990s |
| Tord Björk | Self / Self - Environmental Activist |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Dominic Crossley-Holland | Executive Producer |
| Lucy Kelsall | Producer |
| James Harkin | Producer |
| Adam Macqueen | Producer |
| Andrew Orlowski | Producer |
