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Pandora's Box (1992)

Documentary

Pandora's Box is a six-part 1992 BBC documentary television series which examines the consequences of political and technocratic rationalism. The episodes deal, in order, with communism in The Soviet Union, systems analysis and game theory during the Cold War, economy in the United Kingdom during the 1970s, the insecticide DDT, Kwame Nkrumah's leadership in Ghana during the 1950s and 1960s and the history of nuclear power.

IMDb rating
8.1 (687 votes)
Seasons
1
Language
EN
Type
Mini-series

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1992)

7.82 avg 6 episodes 8.0 → 7.5 46 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 63 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 52 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 47 votesEp 4: 7.9 · 41 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 39 votesEp 6: 7.5 · 48 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Engineers' Plot: A Fable from the Age of Science8.063
2To the Brink of Eternity7.952
3The League of Gentlemen7.847
4Goodbye Mrs Ant7.941
5Black Power7.839
6A Is for Atom7.548