Shifty
2025 · 1 season · 5 episodes · Ended · BBC iPlayer
Documentary
TMDB 7.3 · 9 votes
When power begins to shift in society, everything becomes unstable, exciting and frightening. Living in Britain at the end of the 20th century.
Episodes
- S01E01Part One - The Land of Make Believe2025-06-1469m
The dream world that Mrs Thatcher promised. And the ghosts that came back to disrupt it.
- S01E02Part Two - Suspicion2025-06-1467m
On your own in a world of individual freedom. It's wonderful. But can you trust the old institutions? Suspicion begins to grow.
- S01E03Part Three - I Love a Millionaire2025-06-1466m
Money replaces ideology as a way of ordering Britain. It was supposed to make things rational. But the money got mixed with old forces from the past. And wasn't as predictable as it seemed.
- S01E04Part Four - The Grinder2025-06-1467m
Those in power begin to distrust you. Once you were a heroic individual. Now you are a creature of HR. And the prime minister is just a man in blue underpants.
- S01E05Part Five - The Democratisation of Everything2025-06-1477m
Who needs politicians in a magical world of free individuals? So they give away their power. But Alexander McQueen sees what is really happening. The monstrous rise of the handbag.
