The Mayfair Set (1999)

Name: The Mayfair Set
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 8.2

Documentary

The Mayfair Set is a series of programmes produced by Adam Curtis for the BBC, first broadcast in the summer of 1999. The programme looked at how buccaneer capitalists of hot money were allowed to shape the climate of the Thatcher years, focusing on the rise of Colonel David Stirling, Jim Slater, James Goldsmith, and Tiny Rowland, all members of London's Clermont Club in the 1960s.

IMDb rating: 8.2 (588 votes)
Episode average: 7.5 -0.7 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: Mini-series

Rating trend: this show's seasons do not settle into one shape. Rising Shows ranks whole shows by the shape of their rating trend rather than one average score, which is how you find a show that got better rather than a show that started well.

Browse shows by rating shape → Open in Rising Shows app → View on IMDb

Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Seasons

Season 1 (1999)

7.45 avg 4 episodes 7.1 → 7.7 60 min avg

Rising

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Who Pays Wins	7.1	41
2	Entrepreneur Spelt S.P.I.V.	7.3	36
3	Destroy the Technostructure	7.7	37
4	The Twilight of The Dogs	7.7	37