The Mayfair Set is a series of programmes produced by Adam Curtis for the BBC. The program 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 The Clermont club in the 1960s. It received the BAFTA Award for Best Factual Series or Strand in 2000. |
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Ratings: | TVMaze: No Rating | |
Released: | July 18, 1999 | |
Runtime: | 60 min | |
Countries: | United Kingdom | |
Companies: | BBC Two | |
Incredible documentary series that explains over four parts how the UK was eaten alive by predatory capitalism during the 70s and 80s.
As always Adam Curtis tells the story in his own unique and highly absorbing way.