| The Lost World of Communism | |
| Distributor: | BBC |
| Runtime: | 60 min (3 parts) |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
The Lost World of Communism is a three-part British documentary series which examines the legacy of communism twenty years on from the fall of the Berlin Wall. Produced by Peter Molloy and Lucy Hetherington, the series takes a retrospective look at life behind the Iron Curtain between 1945 and 1989, focusing on three countries in the Eastern Bloc - East Germany, Czechoslovakia and Romania. Through film and television footage and the personal recollections of those who lived in these countries, the series offers a glimpse of what daily life was like during the years of Communist rule.[1]
The Lost World of Communism debuted on BBC Two on Saturday 14 March 2009 at 9:00pm. There is also a book which accompanies the series.[2]
| Date | Number | Title | Details | |
| 14 March | 1 | A Socialist Paradise | How the collapse of communism affected people in the 'socialist paradise' of East Germany. | |
| 21 March | 2 | The Kingdom of Forgetting | In communist Czechoslovakia, attempts to reform communism were crushed by Warsaw Pact allies in 1968. | |
| 28 March | 3 | Socialism in One Family | Looking at communist Romania and Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu. |