The Virtual Revolution The Great Levelling? (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Documentary

The Virtual Revolution

The Great Levelling? (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Documentary

In the first in this four-part series, Aleks charts the extraordinary rise of blogs, Wikipedia and YouTube, and traces an ongoing clash between the freedom the technology offers us, and our innate human desire to control and profit. Dr ...See moreIn the first in this four-part series, Aleks charts the extraordinary rise of blogs, Wikipedia and YouTube, and traces an ongoing clash between the freedom the technology offers us, and our innate human desire to control and profit. Dr Aleks Krotoski looks at how it is reshaping almost every aspect of our lives. Joined by some of the web's biggest names - including the founders of Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft, and the web's inventor - she explores how far the web has lived up to its early promise. Written by H.O See less

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23 cast members

Name	Known for
Aleks Krotoski Self - Presenter (as Dr Aleks Krotoski) Self - Presenter (as Dr Aleks Krotoski) See fewer	Haze (2008)
Kudjo Agbevi Self Self See fewer	The Virtual Revolution (2010)
John Perry Barlow Self Self See fewer	Endangered Species (1982)
Tim Berners-Lee Self - Inventor of the World Wide Web (as Sir Tim Berners-Lee) Self - Inventor of the World Wide Web (as Sir Tim Berners-Lee) See fewer	Horizon (I) (1964)
Stewart Brand Self - Founder: The Well Self - Founder: The Well See fewer	Pandora's Promise (2013)
Shawn Fanning Self - Founder: Napster Self - Founder: Napster See fewer	The Italian Job (2003)
Bob Finch Self Self See fewer	The Virtual Revolution (2010)
Stephen Fry Self Self See fewer	Gosford Park (2001)
Bill Gates Self - Co-Founder: Microsoft Self - Co-Founder: Microsoft See fewer	Frasier (1993)
Al Gore Self - Former Vice-President of the United States Self - Former Vice-President of the United States See fewer	An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
Arianna Huffington Self - Co-Founder: Huffington Post Self - Co-Founder: Huffington Post See fewer	John Q (2002)
Chad Hurley Self - Co-Founder and CEO: Youtube Self - Co-Founder and CEO: Youtube See fewer	Entourage (2015)
Andrew Keen Self - Author: 'The Cult of the Amateur' Self - Author: 'The Cult of the Amateur' See fewer	The Wait (II) (2014)
Einar Kvaran Self - Wikipedia Contributor Self - Wikipedia Contributor See fewer	The Virtual Revolution (2010)
Charlie Leadbeater Self - Author: 'We-think' (as Charles Leadbeater) Self - Author: 'We-think' (as Charles Leadbeater) See fewer	The Virtual Revolution (2010)
Ory Okolloh Self - Founder: Ushahidi Self - Founder: Ushahidi See fewer	The Virtual Revolution (2010)
Douglas Rushkoff Self - Author: 'Life, Inc.' Self - Author: 'Life, Inc.' See fewer	Wisdom's Maw
Master Shortie Self Self See fewer	XO Man Feat. Ed Sheeran: Follow Fashion Acoustic (2011)
Lee Siegel Self - Author, 'Against the Machine' Self - Author, 'Against the Machine' See fewer	A Magical Vision (2008)
Lars Ulrich Self - Metallica (archive footage) Self - Metallica (archive footage) See fewer	Get Him to the Greek (2010)
Jimmy Wales Self - Co-Founder: Wikipedia Self - Co-Founder: Wikipedia See fewer	Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web (2017)
Steve Wozniak Self - Co-Founder: Apple Computer Self - Co-Founder: Apple Computer See fewer	Steve Jobs (2015)
Mark Zuckerberg Self - Co-Founder and CEO: Facebook Self - Co-Founder and CEO: Facebook See fewer	Jannat: In Search of Heaven... (2008)