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... See full summary
The Virtual Revolution The Great Levelling? (2010– ) Online
- Original Title :
- The Great Levelling?
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Documentary
- Year :
- 2010–
- Directror :
- Philip Smith
- Cast :
- Aleks Krotoski,Kudjo Agbevi,John Perry Barlow
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 1h
- Rating :
- 7.1/10
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 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.
| Episode credited cast: | |||
 | Aleks Krotoski | - | Herself - Presenter (as Dr Aleks Krotoski) |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Kudjo Agbevi | - | Himself |
 | John Perry Barlow | - | Himself |
| Tim Berners-Lee | - | Himself - Inventor of the World Wide Web (as Sir Tim Berners-Lee) |
 | Stewart Brand | - | Himself - Founder: The Well |
 | Shawn Fanning | - | Himself - Founder: Napster |
| Bob Finch | - | Himself |
 | Stephen Fry | - | Himself |
| Bill Gates | - | Himself - Co-Founder: Microsoft | |
 | Al Gore | - | Himself - Former Vice-President of the United States |
 | Arianna Huffington | - | Herself - Co-Founder: Huffington Post |
| Chad Hurley | - | Himself - Co-Founder and CEO: Youtube |
| Andrew Keen | - | Himself - Author: 'The Cult of the Amateur' |
| Einar Kvaran | - | Himself - Wikipedia Contributor |
| Charlie Leadbeater | - | Himself - Author: 'We-think' (as Charles Leadbeater) |