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Shifty

2025•6.3/10
Documentary

Ratings

🎬TMDb
6.3/10(6)

When power begins to shift in society, everything becomes unstable, exciting and frightening. Living in Britain at the end of the 20th century.

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Production

A24

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

June 14, 2025

Last Aired

June 14, 2025

Networks

BBC iPlayer

Created By

Adam Curtis

Trailers & Videos

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
Part One - The Land of Make Believe
E1
Part One - The Land of Make Believe
Air date: 2025-06-14
The dream world that Mrs Thatcher promised. And the ghosts that came back to disrupt it.
Part Two - Suspicion
E2
Part Two - Suspicion
Air date: 2025-06-14
On your own in a world of individual freedom. It's wonderful. But can you trust the old institutions? Suspicion begins to grow.
Part Three - I Love a Millionaire
E3
Part Three - I Love a Millionaire
Air date: 2025-06-14
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.
Part Four - The Grinder
E4
Part Four - The Grinder
Air date: 2025-06-14
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.
Part Five - The Democratisation of Everything
E5
Part Five - The Democratisation of Everything
Air date: 2025-06-14
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.

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