All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace is a BBC television documentary series by filmmaker Adam Curtis.^[1] In the series, Curtis argues that computers have failed to liberate humanity, and instead have "distorted and simplified our view of the world around us."^[2] The title is taken from a 1967 poem of the same name by Richard Brautigan.^[3] The first episode was originally broadcast at 9 pm on 23 May 2011.^[2]