Michael Portillo on getting violent

Horizon: How Violent Are You? Tuesday BBC2 9pm The programme is an attempt to have a look at the brain and its relationship to violence. A lot of the programme is devoted to the Milgram Experiment, which is worth knowing about if you haven’t already come across it. The experiment is part of a study of obedience to authority. Participants think they are administering electric shocks to a stranger. There are also interviews with a child soldier and a former football hooligan. click here for the link to BBCiplayer