Adam Curtis’s 1992 documentary series Pandora’s Box has six episodes.
The BBC series examines the political and intellectual history of attempts to use scientific and economic ideas to control society. Rather than retelling the Greek myth, Curtis uses Pandora’s Box as a metaphor for modern systems whose creators may release consequences they cannot fully control.
The six-part structure covers subjects including cybernetics, nuclear strategy, economic planning, and political experiments. Curtis combines archival footage, interviews, historical commentary, and an argument-driven editing style. The series helped establish themes that later became prominent in his documentary work.
Its title is therefore figurative. The program belongs to the history of British television documentary, not to the cinematic adaptations of the Pandora myth. The number of episodes refers to the original BBC documentary series as a whole.