Air Date
July 28, 2024
Episodes
2 episodes
Saucy! Secrets of the British Sex Comedy
Season 1
Overview
In the mid-1960s, the British film industry was in danger and unable to compete with the rise of television. Therefore, in order to survive, distributors decided to offer viewers something that television could not: sex. The story of the intrepid filmmakers and actors who transformed British cinema.
Episodes
1. True Confessions
July 28, 2024
68 min
Trouser-dropping Robin Asquith reveals how Confessions of a Window Cleaner became the hit British movie of 1974, making his backside the most famous in British history
2. Sex Sells
July 28, 2024
47 min
The films face a backlash from morality campaigner Mary Whitehouse, and the arrival of home video marks the end of an era for the great British sex comedy.
