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The Experiment

Drama based on the infamous 1971 Stanford Prison experiment. A makeshift prison is set up in a research laboratory, and participants are hired to play the roles of prisoners and guards. As tensions rise, the experiment goes totally out of control.

1 hour, 50 minutes

Last on

Sun 17 May 200901:50
BBC Two except Yorkshire

Credits

Tarek Fahd, Häftling Nr. 77Moritz Bleibtreu
DirectorOliver Hirschbiegel
Steinhoff, Häftling Nr. 38Christian Berkel
BerusJustus von Dohnanyi

Broadcast

  • Sun 17 May 200901:50
    BBC Two except Yorkshire