The Last Machine

  • Rank #
  • Premiered: Jan 1995
  • Episodes: 5
  • Followers: 0
  • Ended
  • BBC Two
  • Unknown
  • Documentary

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Season 1
1x1
The Space and Time Machine
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 07, 1995
This episode focuses on travel. The railroads, automobiles, hot air balloons, and submarines were opening up new avenues of travel, while film made others into armchair travelers.
1x2
Real Lives
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 14, 1995
The 20th century reality was created by film. In 1910, motion pictures and the news had sound and color to make their fake news more interesting than the real news.
1x3
The Body Electric
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 21, 1995
On screen, the human body has fascinated and influenced viewers. Ever since Thomas Edison filmed "electric girls" for his first Kenetoscope peep-show, the human form has inspired and influenced sex, sport, art, and war.
1x4
Tales from the City
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 28, 1995
The electric, pulsing life of the big city provided a natural film backdrop for early movies. As the film industry has grown, so has the urban mythology created by city movies.
1x5 Show finale
The Waking Dream
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 04, 1995
Magic, religion, grisly horrors, ghost stories, and every kind of fantasy imaginable are ideally suited for motion pictures. Many artists, including Virginia Woolf, have speculated about .. show full overview

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