Catch up TV
Series 1: 3. The Price of Plenty
After the Second World War, there were deep divisions in America about how to move forward. Should it be a social democracy, in which a benevolent state would look after its most vulnerable citizens? Or should it put its faith in individual enterprise and the free market to provide plenty for all?\n\nSimon Schama examines how the filmmaker Charlie Chaplin and author Ayn Rand created radically different visions of how this new postwar world should work, and how writers such as Rachel Carson drew attention to the damage being inflicted on the natural world. He talks to author Margaret Atwood about how Carson inspired her own work and to photographer Edward Burtynsky about his photographic projects to document haunting images of the pursuit of consumerism.
Source: BBC 2
Most recent episodes of Simon Schama's History of Now
Simon Schama's History Of Now
Series 1: 3. The Price Of Plenty
After the Second World War, there were deep divisions in America about how to move forward. Should it be a social democracy, in which a benevolent state would look after its mos ...
30-12-2022
BBC 2
Simon Schama's History Of Now
Series 1: 2. Equality
Simon Schama explores the artists at the vanguard of the fight for equality in the decades after the Second World War. He revisits his childhood as a Jewish boy in Southend and ...
23-12-2022
BBC 2
Simon Schama's History Of Now
Series 1: 1. Truth And Democracy
In his most personal project to date, Simon Schama looks back at the dramatic history that has played out in his lifetime. Best known for writing history, he has lived a fair bi ...
16-12-2022
BBC 2
Most popular episodes of Simon Schama's History of Now
Simon Schama's History Of Now
Series 1: 3. The Price Of Plenty
After the Second World War, there were deep divisions in America about how to move forward. Should it be a social democracy, in which a benevolent state would look after its mos ...
30-12-2022
BBC 2
Simon Schama's History Of Now
Series 1: 1. Truth And Democracy
In his most personal project to date, Simon Schama looks back at the dramatic history that has played out in his lifetime. Best known for writing history, he has lived a fair bi ...
16-12-2022
BBC 2
Simon Schama's History Of Now
Series 1: 2. Equality
Simon Schama explores the artists at the vanguard of the fight for equality in the decades after the Second World War. He revisits his childhood as a Jewish boy in Southend and ...
23-12-2022
BBC 2