Season 6
22 episodes · Nov 11, 1995
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- S6E5
Unpeeled: Proust - Remembrance of Tastes Past
Dec 12, 1995An 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).
- S6E6
Equal But Different
Mar 5, 1996Tony 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.
- S6E7
J'accuse: Technonerds
Mar 19, 1996Janet Street-Porter takes the Internet to task, claiming its main use is to provide an occupation for boring, inadequate and socially inept people.
- S6E8
My Fair Hugh
Mar 19, 1996American film critic, Joe Queenan, adopts the persona of a male film star to assess his contribution to the cinema.
- S6E9
A Brief History of Slang
Mar 26, 1996There 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.
- S6E14
Supercrips and Rejects
Apr 9, 1996Nabil 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.
- S6E16
Not Fade Away
Apr 23, 1996Philip 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.
- S6E17
Psychoanalysing Diana
May 7, 1996Dr. 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.
- S6E21
J'accuse: Comedy
May 28, 1996Cosmo 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.