The Experiment

The Experiment· Season 1 · Episode 1

The Stanford Prison Experiment

S01E01·May 11, 2002·1h·BBC Two

The story of the infamous Stanford Prison Experiment, a psychological exercise designed to examine the nature of good and evil. In the summer of 1971, a group of American students volunteered to adopt the roles of prisoners and guards in a specially controlled environment - the experiment was terminated after less than a week when it became clear that the participants were being adversely affected.

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