Nineteen Eighty-Four (2005) | Episode 8

Duration: 15'00''

Synopsis

Winston survives the ordeal of O'Brien's interrogation, but not without a compromise.

Further Information

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Nineteen Eighty-Four (2005) | Episode 1

Nineteen Eighty-Four (2005) | Episode 1

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Corin Redgrave reads an abridged version of George Orwell 's tale of an omnipresent political state.

Nineteen Eighty-Four (2005) | Episode 2

Nineteen Eighty-Four (2005) | Episode 2

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Illegally keeping a private diary, Winston Smith notices he is being watched by a girl in the Fiction Department.

Nineteen Eighty-Four (2005) | Episode 3

Nineteen Eighty-Four (2005) | Episode 3

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Winston Smith is secretly handed a love note by the girl he'd suspected was following him.

Nineteen Eighty-Four (2005) | Episode 4

Nineteen Eighty-Four (2005) | Episode 4

2005 | 15'00''

Winston and Julia consummate their relationship and a work colleague is vaporised.

Nineteen Eighty-Four (2005) | Episode 5

Nineteen Eighty-Four (2005) | Episode 5

2005 | 15'00''

Winston approaches O'Brien about overthrowing Big Brother.

Nineteen Eighty-Four (2005) | Episode 6

Nineteen Eighty-Four (2005) | Episode 6

2005 | 15'00''

The Thought Police discover Winston and Julia hiding above Mr Charrington's junk shop.

Nineteen Eighty-Four (2005) | Episode 7

Nineteen Eighty-Four (2005) | Episode 7

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O'Brien subjects Winston to shock treatment to force him to succumb to Big Brother's ideology.

Nineteen Eighty-Four (2005) | Episode 8

Nineteen Eighty-Four (2005) | Episode 8

2005 | 15'00''

Winston survives the ordeal of O'Brien's interrogation, but not without a compromise.
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