大象传媒

In the last few years, George Orwell鈥檚 writing and thinking have come to seem ever more timely. But they are also much misrepresented. As 大象传媒 Radio 4 marks the 70th anniversary of his early death, 大象传媒 documentary-maker Phil Tinline takes five words that resonate through Orwell鈥檚 work, and tests out what light they can shed on our problems today.

After Winston Smith has been tortured, brainwashed and broken in the Ministry of Love, Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty Four ends: 鈥淗e had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.鈥�

In this final programme, Phil traces the common origins of the world Orwell imagined in Nineteen Eighty Four and the 鈥榯hought transformation鈥� process that the Chinese government is currently applying to hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs in 鈥榲ocational training centres鈥� across Xinjiang.

Series contributors include: Abduweli Ayup, Nick Cohen, David Dwan, Maurice Glasman, Joanna Kavenna, Robert Jay Lifton, Dorian Lynskey, James Millward, Ferdinand Mount, Jean Seaton, Joanne Smith Finley, Timothy Snyder, Mihrigul Tursun

Presenter/ Producer: Phil Tinline