The Mayfair Set

Documentary

1999

1 Season

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July 18, 1999 - August 8, 1999Season 1 of The Mayfair Set has 4 episodes.

Season 1 Episodes

S1 E1: Who Pays Wins

Jul 18, 1999

The opening episode, Who Dares Wins, focuses on Colonel David Stirling, the man who in 1941 invented the SAS. After the Second World War, Stirling created a private mercenary army and, determined to harness the growing power of Arab oil money, began Britains arms trade to the Middle East. His aim was to keep Britain great. But what he didnt realise, was that this money would eventually take control of him and his beloved country.

Series info

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.

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IMDB: 8.2TMDB: 6.7

Original Language

English

Release Date

July 18, 1999

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