Utopia - In Search of the Dream S01E01 Blueprints for Better

Utopia - In Search of the Dream S01E01 Blueprints for Better (720p HD, soft Eng subs)

In this first episode, Prof Richard Clay explores how utopian visions begin as blueprints for fairer worlds and asks whether they can inspire real change. Charting five hundred years of utopian visions and making bold connections between exploration and science fiction - from radical 18th-century politics to online communities like Wikipedia - Richard delves into colourful stories of some of the world's greatest utopian dreamers, including Thomas More, who coined the term 'utopia', Jonathan Swift, author of Gulliver's Travels, and Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek. 


(with soft subtitles) 

First broadcast: 8 August 2017
Duration:  1 hour