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Last broadcast on Sat, 24 Oct 2009, 21:00 on BBC Four (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
The watchwords of the French Revolution were liberty, equality and fraternity. Maximilien Robespierre believed in them passionately. He was an idealist and a lover of humanity. But during the 365 days that Robespierre sat on the Committee of Public Safety, the French Republic descended into a bloodbath.
'The Terror' only came to end when Robespierre was devoured by the repressive machinery he'd created. This drama-documentary tells the story of the Terror and looks at how Robespierre's revolutionary idealism so quickly became an excuse for tyranny, and why a lover of liberty was so keen to use the guillotine.
Simon Schama and Slavoj Zizek are among the contributors.
Credits
- Participant
- Slavoj Zizek
- Participant
- Simon Schama
- Director
- Carl Hindmarch
- Producer
- Mark Hayhurst
- Writer
- Mark Hayhurst
Broadcasts
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Sat 11 Jul 200920:00
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Sat 11 Jul 200921:00
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Thu 16 Jul 200901:30
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Sat 24 Oct 200921:00
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