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Pyromania: Everybody Loves Fireworks

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Danger, beauty and power are an intoxicating combination. We are all familiar with fireworks.

Danger, beauty and power are an intoxicating combination. We are all familiar with fireworks. We have all been enthralled and intrigued by their ability to paint the sky with fire – but little is known about the science, the psychology and the history behind them. Pyromania: Everybody Loves Fireworks is about everything that leads up to those few moments in firework displays when the gathered crowd get an everyday glimpse of the sublime. Fireworks, or ‘illuminations’ were first used in Europe exclusively for the monarch. Since then, they have become a regular feature at countless public and private celebrations, and even a powerful obsession for some. Are there any limits?

Programme Information

  • Genre: History

  • Subgenre: Factual

  • Producers: WINDFALL FILMS LTD

  • Broadcaster: n/a

  • Duration: 1 x 60'

  • Tags: History

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