A Girl's Guide to 21st Century Sex
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| A Girl's Guide to 21st Century Sex | |
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| Format | Documentary |
| Created by | Dr Catherine Hood |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
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| Running time | 45 Minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | five |
| Original run | 30 October – 18 December 2006 |
A Girl's Guide to 21st Century Sex is a documentary TV series about sex, which ran in eight episodes on Channel Five and was presented by Dr. Catherine Hood.[1][2] The 45-minute long episodes (including advertisements) were broadcast on Monday nights. The series started on 30 October 2006, with the final programme broadcast on 18 December 2006.
Each episode explained a sex position and covered a sexually transmitted disease. Additionally the following topics were discussed: sex among handicapped and overweight people, penis enlargement devices, penis enlargement surgery, sexual violence against men and penis removal, tantric sex, the g-spot, erectile dysfunction, sex reassignment surgery, cosmetic surgery of the vagina (labiaplasty), swinging, lichen sclerosus, the use of recreational drugs during sex, male homosexual sex in public toilets, full body plastic wrap bondage, and sex dolls.
The programme included close shots of the male and female body as well as footage of sexual intercourse and ejaculation filmed with an internal camera placed inside the vagina.[1][3]. These scenes were filmed using Australian-born pornographic actress Elizabeth Lawrence and English-born pornographic actor Stefan Hard.
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[edit] Ofcom complaints
Twenty-one people complained to the national television regulator, Ofcom, that the explicitness of the sexual scenes breached obscenity and broadcasting regulations, and that the series imparted "inappropriate information to vulnerable young girls." However, Ofcom ruled that there was no rule banning the showing of genuine sexual acts on free-to-air television, and that "in [their] view the portrayal of sex in this programme genuinely sought to inform and educate on sex", concluding that "whilst the visuals were explicit at times, nothing was transmitted in a manner that could be construed as having the potential to harm people under the age of eighteen", particularly given its context as a serious factual programme, and as such it was ruled that the episodes were not in breach of any broadcasting regulations.[3]
[edit] Cancellation
The show went off the air after 8 episodes for one series in 2006 and the second series did not air in 2007 or subsequent years.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Let's talk about sex; Best of this week's TV. A GIRL'S GUIDE TO 21ST CENTURY SEX. Daily Record (Glasgow), 28 October 2006
- ^ A Girl's Guide to 21st Century Sex at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ a b Ofcom bulletin, 29 January 2007
[edit] External links
- A Girl's Guide to 21st Century Sex at five.tv (Factsheet) [broken link as of 11 march 2011]
- A Girl's Guide to 21st Century Sex at the Internet Movie Database
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