TV miniseries / 1980-1980

The Shock of the New

The Shock of the New is a TV miniseries from 1980-1980. This page summarizes IMDb episode ratings across 1 seasons and 8 rated episodes.

1 seasons 8 rated episodes 8.5 average 100 episode votes

Ratings by Season

Rows are episode numbers. Columns are seasons.

Episode 1
1 9.1
2 8.8
3 8.5
4 8.2
5 8.3
6 8.5
7 8.6
8 8.2

Series summary

About The Shock of the New

The rated episodes of The Shock of the New have an average IMDb rating of 8.5 based on 100 episode votes. Season 1 has the highest average rating at 8.5 across 8 rated episodes. Season 1 has the lowest average rating at 8.5.

Genre
Documentary
Runtime
60 minute episodes
Principal cast
Robert Hughes, Tony Church, Martin Jarvis, Judi Dench, Nick Chilvers, and Lorraine Chase
Writers
Robert Hughes
Directors
David Richardson, Robin Lough, and Lorna Pegram

Highest rated

Best Episodes

  1. S1E1: The Mechanical Paradise The best episode of The Shock of the New is S1E1: The Mechanical Paradise with a 9.1 rating / 14 votes
  2. S1E2: The Powers That Be 8.8 rating / 13 votes
  3. S1E7: Culture as Nature 8.6 rating / 14 votes
  4. S1E3: The Landscape of Pleasure 8.5 rating / 13 votes
  5. S1E6: The View from the Edge 8.5 rating / 12 votes

Lowest rated

Worst Episodes

  1. S1E4: Trouble in Utopia The worse episode of The Shock of the New is S1E4: Trouble in Utopia with a 8.2 rating / 11 votes
  2. S1E8: The Future That Was 8.2 rating / 11 votes
  3. S1E5: The Threshold of Liberty 8.3 rating / 12 votes
  4. S1E3: The Landscape of Pleasure 8.5 rating / 13 votes
  5. S1E6: The View from the Edge 8.5 rating / 12 votes