Documentary series · BBC Two
Clash of the Super Powers: America v China
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Clash of the Super Powers: America v China actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Clash of the Super Powers: America v China reads strongest on Cliffhanger Intensity, Tension and World Building.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The story
What it's about
The inside story of how, since Donald Trump first took office, America and China have become locked in a battle for global power and influence.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Lucy HetheringtonExecutive Producer
- Barry RonanProducer
- Norma PercyProducer
Direction
- Barry RonanDirector
- Tim StirzakerDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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