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Crumpet! A Very British Sex Symbol

  • TV documentary
  • BBC Two
  • 2005
  • 1 episode

Documentary that charts that peculiarly British notion of 'crumpet' on TV and in film from the 1950s right through to the late 1980s. Features Tony Livesey, Austin Little, Honor Blackman, Dylan Jones, Shirley Eaton and more.

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BBC Two TV

Beefcake! A Very British Sex Symbol

Follow-up to Crumpet, examining the role of the hunky or macho male in British entertainment from the 1950s onwards.

Thou Art Awful ... But I Like Thee. Dick Emery. Copyright: BBC Radio

Thou Art Awful ... But I Like Thee

Tim Brooke-Taylor presents an examination of all things bawdy in comedy.

Up Pompeii. Image shows from L to R: Ammonia (Barbara Murray), Lurcio (Frankie Howerd), Ludicrus Sextus (Michael Hordern). Copyright: Associated London Films Limited Film

Up Pompeii

Classic British farce in which Roman slave Lurcio unwittingly gains possession of a list of people who are conspiring to bring down the Emperor Nero.

Saucy! Secrets Of The British Sex Comedy. Penny Meredith TV

Saucy! Secrets Of The British Sex Comedy

Two-part documentary looking at the history and heritage of the British sexploitation film, mostly comedies.

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