‎CCTV: You Are Being Watched - Apple TV

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Forty years ago, closed circuit television (CCTV) changed the way we live and the way criminals act forever. The technology is so sophisticated it can be placed and used almost anywhere. In CCTV: You are Being Watched we chart the development of the technology it uses and the impact it has had on crime, terrorism, and anti-social behavior.

Documentary · 2007 · 50 min

Starring Jamie Theakston

EPISODE 1

Caught on Camera

Britain is the most watched nation on earth, with more than four million surveillance cameras. CCTV first came to Britain fifty years ago. This two-part history of CCTV reveals how it spread and where it's going.

50 min · Jan 1, 2007
EPISODE 2

Smart Camera

As CCTV spreads like wildfire, Jamie Theakston reveals how scientists are developing surveillance cameras which think for themselves and identify us by the way we walk and talk. In this second part of the series about the 50 year history of CCTV in Britain, we see how the police and local councils in the UK increasingly turn to cameras which automatically save lives and prevent crime.

49 min · Jan 1, 2007

Jamie Theakston

Host