Orwell in Five Words | (Omnibus)

Duration: 1'07'12''

Synopsis

George Orwell has been dead for 70 years. What can his ideas tell us about life in 2020? BBC documentary-maker Phil Tinline takes five words that resonate through Orwell's work, and tests out what light they can shed on our problems today. Covering the topics of Fascism, Truth, Big, Law and Love.

Further Information
Other Archive resources
Nineteen Eighty-Four | BBC Two | 1965

Theatre 625: The World Of George Orwell | 1984: Part 2

Britain has become a province of 'Oceania', one of the three tyrannical world super-powers, locked permanently in a state of war. Big Brother is always watchful from posters and TV screens. Starring David Buck as Winston Smith and Jane Merrow as Julia.
Nineteen Eighty-Four | BBC Two | 1965

Theatre 625: The World Of George Orwell: 1984

Britain has become a province of 'Oceania', one of the three tyrannical world super-powers, locked permanently in a state of war. Big Brother is always watchful from posters and TV screens. Starring David Buck as Winston Smith and Jane Merrow as Julia.