The Experiment is a 2002 BBC documentary series in which 15 men are randomly selected to be either "prisoner" or guard, contained in a simulated prison over an eight-day period. Produced by Steve Reicher and Alex Haslam, it presents the findings of what has subsequently become known as the BBC Prison Study. [1] These findings centered around "the social and psychological consequences of.. This paper presents findings from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) prison study - an experimental case study that examined the consequences of randomly dividing men into groups of prisoners and guards within a specially constructed institution over a period of 8 days. Unlike the prisoners, the guards failed to identify with their role.
BBC Prison Study Documentary The BBC Prison Study (2002) was a documentary series of the experiment designed by Reicher and Haslam. The study, originally labelled as 'the Experiment', sought to explore the consequences of imposing an unequal system of power on a group of people. There was concern about the study being a replication of the infamous Stanford prison experiment (1971), which.. The Experiment is a 2002 BBC documentary series in which 15 men are randomly selected to be either "prisoner" or guard, contained in a simulated prison over an eight-day period. Produced by Steve Reicher and Alex Haslam, it presents the findings of what has subsequently become known as the BBC Prison Study. [1] These findings centered around "the social and psychological consequences of.