Monsters: The Truth Behind the Myths

Technology, belief and the changing shape of fear

Frankenstein’s Creature connects its subject with fears about technological progress. This gives the series a different route into a monster’s history, moving from inherited folklore towards a figure associated with questions about human invention. The official episode description makes those anxieties central to the chapter.

Demons turns to a long history of belief and the role of modern popular culture in keeping such figures visible. Across the four chapters, the programme approaches monsters as cultural histories: recurring stories through which people express fear, uncertainty and ideas about the limits of the familiar world.