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Why Democracy? begins in October, and runs over TV, radio and online, and features collaborations with other media platforms.
BBC Two, BBC Four, BBC World, BBC Parliament, BBC Radio 4 and BBC World Service in the UK will all run programming dedicated to the idea of democracy.
The focal point of the season is a series of ten documentaries which cover subjects including the US torture in Afghanistan, the election of a class monitor in a Chinese primary school, Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara and the recent Danish cartoons controversy. In The Ministry of Truth Richard Symons asks the question 'what if it was illegal for MPs to lie?'
The BBC has teamed up with Metro Newspapers worldwide and The Observer to ask national leaders, celebrities and the public to answer ten questions about democracy for a series of short films and a global opinion poll.
A film premiere on MySpace will launch the online debate and whydemocracy.net will become the platform for discussion forums, chat rooms, educational resources and interviews with key democratic figures.
