The Shock of the New

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The Shock of the New is a 1980 documentary television series written and presented by Robert Hughes produced by the BBC in association with Time-Life Films and produced by Lorna Pegram. It was broadcast by the BBC in 1980 in the United Kingdom and by...read more

The Shock of the New is a 1980 documentary television series written and presented by Robert Hughes produced by the BBC in association with Time-Life Films and produced by Lorna Pegram. It was broadcast by the BBC in 1980 in the United Kingdom and by PBS in 1981 in the United States. It addressed the development of modern art since the Impressionists and was accompanied by a book of the same name; its combination of insight, wit and accessibility are still widely praised. In 2004 Hughes created a one-hour update to The Shock of the New titled The NEW Shock of the New.

Original Release

09/21/1980

US Release

10/24/1982

Cast

(see additional cast & crew)
# Title Air Date
1 The Mechanical Paradise Sunday, 21 September 1980
2 The Powers That Be Sunday, 28 September 1980
3 The Landscape of Pleasure Sunday, 05 October 1980
4 Trouble in Utopia Sunday, 12 October 1980
5 The Threshold of Liberty Sunday, 19 October 1980
6 The View from the Edge Sunday, 26 October 1980
7 Culture as Nature Sunday, 02 November 1980
8 The Future That Was Sunday, 09 November 1980

Directors

David Richardson, Robin Lough, Lorna Pegram

Writers

Robert Hughes

Cast

Producers

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