The Virtual Revolution (TV Miniseries)
2010 · Documentary · 240 min. · United Kingdom
The Virtual Revolution is a British television documentary series presented by Aleks Krotoski, which began airing on BBC Two on 30 January 2010. A co-production between the BBC and the Open University, the series looks at the impact the World Wide Web has had since its inception 20 years ago. The series took a different approach to BBC documentary making, the production asked the web audience to debate programme themes, suggest and send questions for interviewees, watch and comment on interview and graphics clips, and download clips for personal use and re-editing, all months before broadcast. Last but not least, the name of the series itself was up for debate. Stephen Fry helped to launch our Twitter namestorm, and after hundreds of suggestions, the final name was a mashup between all the proposals– a fitting way to round off the experiment. Episodes: 1-. "The Great Levelling?" (Dir. Philip Smith) 2.- "Enemy of the State?" (Dir. Francis Hanly) 3.- "The Cost of Free" (Dir. Dan Kendall) 4.- "Homo Interneticus?" (Dir. Molly Milton)
Direction Francis Hanly · Dan Kendall · Molly Milton · Philip Smith
Cast Aleks Krotoski · Tim Berners-Lee · Stephen Fry · Bill Gates · Jeff Bezos · Al Gore · Chad Hurley · Andrew Keen · Steve Wozniak · Martha Lane Fox · Charlie Leadbeater · David Runciman · Douglas Rushkoff · Clay Shirky · Lee Siegel · Biz Stone · Mark Zuckerberg
Cinematography Harvey Glen · Jonathan Partridge · Oliver Schofield
Original title The Virtual Revolution
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