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The Mayfair Set

The Mayfair Set

1999 1 Seasons 4 Episodes ⭐ 6.9 Documentary

The Mayfair Set is a series of programmes produced by Adam Curtis for the BBC, first broadcast in the summer of 1999. The programme looked at how buccaneer capitalists of hot money were allowed to shape the climate of the Thatcher years, focusing on the rise of Colonel David Stirling, Jim Slater, James Goldsmith, and Tiny Rowland, all members of London's Clermont Club in the 1960s.

The Mayfair Set is a series of programmes produced by Adam Curtis for the BBC, first broadcast in the summer of 1999. The programme looked at how buccaneer capitalists of hot money were allowed to shape the climate of the Thatcher years, focusing on the rise of Colonel David Stirling, Jim Slater, James Goldsmith, and Tiny Rowland, all members of London's Clermont Club in the 1960s.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Who Pays Wins

The opening episode, Who Dares Wins, focuses on Colonel David Stirling, the man who in 1941 invented the SAS. After the

EP 2

Entrepreneur Spelt S.P.I.V.

In the 1950s, Britain was dominated by a political and financial establishment that looked down on the stock market. But

EP 3

Destroy the Technostructure

This episode recounts the story of how James Goldsmith became one of the richest men in the world by taking over some of

EP 4

Twilight of the Dogs

By the 80s, the day of the buccaneering tycoons was over. Tiny Rowland, James Goldsmith and Mohammed Al Fayed were the o

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