Saucy! Secrets of the British Sex Comedy

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S01E02 - "Part 2"

Ausgestrahlt am Aug 4, 2024, 9:00 PM

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Beschreibung

The impact of 1970s British sex comedies, which both saved the British film industry from financial ruin and transformed a nation's attitudes to sex.

Details

Status: Laufend
Sprache: English
Laufzeit: 90 min
Erstausstrahlung: July 28, 2024
Sendeplan: Sunday um 22:00

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Episoden (1 Staffel · 2 Episoden)

True Confessions

In the first episode, actor Robin Askwith reveals how Confessions of a Window Cleaner became the most successful home-grown movie of 1974, inspiring dozens of copycat titles and making his backside the most famous in British history.

Jul 28, 2024

90 Min.

Part 2

The second part of this two-part documentary explores how X-rated movies entered the mainstream, despite the protestations of Mary Whitehouse, and reveals the tragic story of actress Mary Millington. The programme also reveals how the advent of home video and an explosion of the availability of cheaply made pornography eventually brought the cinema sex industry crashing down, even as it approached respectability.

Aug 4, 2024

55 Min.