Tony Robinson's Crime and Punishment (2008)
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 1 season, 4 episodes
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Tony Robinson travels through history to show how British laws and punishments began. He looks at old methods like trials by boiling water and the beheading of a king. The series explains how these ideas led to modern democracy.
informativelight-heartedcuriouseducationaloccasionally grimreflectiveslow-paced
What happens
Tony Robinson's Crime and Punishment is a British documentary for Channel 4. In a four-part series, Tony Robinson goes on a fascinating and sometimes bizarre journey to discover the origins of our laws and what we do to people when they break them. From trials by boiling water, through the decapitation of a king, to the emergence of our modern democracy, it is a journey that starts two thousand years ago and remains unfinished today. It aired on Australian screens in 2009 on ABC1. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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