Wikipedia:Today's featured article/September 11, 2004

Nineteen Eighty-Four was a British television adaptation of the novel of the same name by George Orwell, originally broadcast on BBC Television in the winter of 1954. Orwell's novel was adapted for television by Nigel Kneale, one of the most successful television scriptwriters of the era. Although all went off well technically and artistically, the production proved to be hugely controversial. There were complaints both about the "horrific" content (particularly the infamous Room 101 scene where Winston Smith is threatened with torture by rats) and the "subversive" nature of the play. Most were worried by the depiction of a totalitarian government controlling the population's thoughts. (more...)

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