Season 6
22 episodes · 1995
5Unpeeled: Proust - Remembrance of Tastes Past
An examination of Proust's fascination with sex and food with a look at the psycho-sexual history evoked in 'Remembrance of Things Past'(A La Recherché Du Temps Perdu).
6Equal But Different
Tony Parsons delivers an essay on the state of the sex war, he suggests that there are some things that women do better than men: weeping, shopping and housework.
7J'accuse: Technonerds
Janet Street-Porter takes the Internet to task, claiming its main use is to provide an occupation for boring, inadequate and socially inept people.
8My Fair Hugh
American film critic, Joe Queenan, adopts the persona of a male film star to assess his contribution to the cinema.
9A Brief History of Slang
There are over 50,000 words of slang in common usage today. Lexicographer Jonathon Green points out that most of them come from sex, drugs and music.
14Supercrips and Rejects
Nabil Shaban argues that disabled people are misrepresented by Hollywood, the bad guy always being portrayed with a limp and scars and heroes are physically perfect. If there is a disabled part on offer it is played by an able-bodied actor.
16Not Fade Away
Philip Norman's very personal film about the unique connection he felt to the singer Buddy Holly, despite having never met him, enhanced by speaking candidly with those who did.
17Psychoanalysing Diana
Dr. Paul Dawson was Diana Spencer's psychotherapist from January 1996 to August 1997. He drew on verbatim psychotherapy transcripts to reveal a surprising, fresh look at the most glamorous and famous woman in the world.
21J'accuse: Comedy
Cosmo Landesman accuses comedians of the nineties of becoming a force for political reaction 'the court jesters of the chattering classes'. He argues that politicians now wield the weapon of humour which was once turned against them.