The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom

1 Season
3 Episode

The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom


(30 votes, average: 7.90/ 10)

60 minutes 2025 HD

  • Share

Individual freedom is the dream of our age. It's what our leaders promise to give us, it defines how we think of ourselves and, repeatedly, we have gone to war to impose freedom around the world. But if you step back and look at what freedom actually means for us today, it's a strange and limited kind of freedom.

img

Season

Similar

  • 2024
    img

    Secrets of the Octopus

    Secrets of the Octopus

    8.47 2024 HD

    Octopuses are like aliens on Earth: three hearts, blue blood and the ability to squeeze through a space the size of their eyeballs. But there is so...

    img
  • 2002
    img

    In Search of Ancient Ireland

    In Search of Ancient Ireland

    1 2002 HD

    An exploration of Ancient Ireland, from 2000 B.C., when Stone Age farmers built some of Europe's largest and most spectacular Neolithic monuments, to...

    img
  • 1989
    img

    Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days

    Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days

    7.30 1989 HD

    Michael Palin attempts to copy the exploits of fictional character Phileas Fogg, by trying to travel around the world (without flying) in 80 days.

    img
  • 1992
    img

    Pole to Pole

    Pole to Pole

    7.90 1992 HD

    Michael Palin undertakes an epic journey of 23,000 miles, travelling from the North to the South Pole across 17 countries with a minimum of air...

    img
  • 1999
    img

    Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure

    Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure

    6.00 1999 HD

    Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure is a 1999 BBC television documentary presented by Michael Palin. It records Palin's travels as he visited many...

    img
  • 1978
    img

    Connections

    Connections

    8.96 1978 HD

    Taking an interdisciplinary approach to the history of science and invention, Connections explores an "Alternative View of Change" that rejects the...

    img
  • 2005
    img

    Space Race

    Space Race

    7.20 2005 HD

    The untold true story behind the Cold War race to put man into space.

    img
  • 2023
    img

    Arnold

    Arnold

    7.93 2023 HD

    This intimate docuseries follows Arnold Schwarzenegger's multifaceted life and career, from bodybuilding champ to Hollywood icon to politician.

    img
  • 2023
    img

    The 2010s

    The 2010s

    6.33 2023 HD

    Audiences are invited to look back at The 2010s, a turbulent era marked by political and social upheaval, culminating in the single most dramatic...

    img
  • 2021
    img

    Robson Green: Walking Coast to Coast

    Robson Green: Walking Coast to Coast

    8.00 2021 HD

    The actor makes his way along Hadrian's Wall, built to guard the northern frontier of the Roman Empire in AD122, and covering almost 80 miles in...

    img

Recomendation

  • 1977
    img

    Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television

    Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television

    8.60 1977 HD

    An adaptation of Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II, re-edited in chronological order with additional footage not seen...

    img
  • 2008
    img

    Wild China

    Wild China

    7.90 2008 HD

    The dazzling array of mysterious and wonderful creatures that live in China's most beautiful landscapes.

    img
  • 2005
    img

    Ideal

    Ideal

    8.10 2005 HD

    Sitcom about a small-time dope dealer and his strange collection of acquaintances.

    img
  • 2005
    img

    Into the West

    Into the West

    8.00 2005 HD

    The lives of two families, one white American, one native American, become mingled through the momentous events of American expansion, between 1825...

    img
  • 2004
    img

    The Power of Nightmares

    The Power of Nightmares

    8.10 2004 HD

    Examines how politicians have used our fears to increase their power and control over society.

    img
  • 1970
    img

    Murder by Natural Causes

    Murder by Natural Causes

    6.22 1970 HD

    Murder by Natural Causes is a 1979 American television mystery film written by the creators of Columbo Richard Levinson and William Link.

    img
  • 2007
    img

    Afro Samurai

    Afro Samurai

    7.26 2007 HD

    In a futuristic Japan where conflicts are settled by the sword, Afro Samurai must avenge his father's murder by challenging a powerful warrior.

    img
  • 1995
    img

    Pride and Prejudice

    Pride and Prejudice

    8.20 1995 HD

    Set in England in the early 19th century, Pride and Prejudice tells the story of Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters after the rich and...

    img
  • 2006
    img

    Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion

    Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion

    8.40 2006 HD

    Japan has been invaded and conquered by the Britannian Empire. Japan is now known as Area 11 and its citizens known as Elevens. The Britannian Empire...

    img
  • 2014
    img

    Over the Garden Wall

    Over the Garden Wall

    8.56 2014 HD

    Two brothers, Wirt and Greg, find themselves lost in the Unknown; a strange forest adrift in time. With the help of a wise old Woodsman and a...

    img