The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom is a BBC television documentary series by English filmmaker Adam Curtis, well known for other documentaries including The Century of the Self See more

Part 1. "F**k You Buddy"
In part one, Curtis examines the rise of game theory during the Cold War and the way in which its mathematical models of human behaviour filtered into economic thought.
The programme … See more

• "The Godfathers at Home" from The Godfather Part II soundtrack (opening title)
• "Intermezzo" from The Karelia Suite by Jean Sibelius (opening title, episode one; also in episode three)
• Soundtrack to The Marseille Contract (MC/M11) See more

The series was originally to be called Cold Cold Heart and was scheduled for broadcast in 2006. Although it is not known what caused the delay in transmission, nor the … See more

Economist Max Steuer criticised the documentary for "romanticis[ing] the past while misrepresenting the ideas it purports to explain"; for … See more

• The Trap at BBC Online
• Official website (archived; no longer maintained)
• The Trap at IMDb
• Oliver Burkeman (3 March 2007). "Cry Freedom". The Guardian. London. See more