The Dark Side of Porn | |
---|---|
Starring | None |
Narrated by | Christopher Eccleston |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 9 |
Production | |
Running time | 50 minutes |
Production company | Lion Television |
Original release | |
Network | Channel 4 |
Release | 25 April 2005 19 April 2006 | –
The Dark Side of Porn is a documentary series that examines the adult entertainment industry. It was produced by Lion Television for Channel 4 in the United Kingdom between 25 April 2005 and 19 April 2006. The series is produced and directed by a different person for each episode, and narrated by Christopher Eccleston. [1]
Episode # | Title | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|
01 | "Porn Shutdown" | 25 April 2005 | |
Darren James was diagnosed with HIV in early 2004, which led to a two-month shutdown of the adult movie industry in Los Angeles. Featuring
Sharon Mitchell, founder of the
Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation and
Rob Black, producer of
gonzo pornography. | |||
02 | "Diary of a Porn Virgin" | 26 April 2005 | |
This episode gives an insight in the lives of newcomers to the adult entertainment. From the initial approach to a glamour agency and the first sexy photo-shoot to the HIV test, the audition and the first hardcore shoot, it shows the gritty reality of what working in the pornographic industry means in Britain today. Narrated by
Andrea Oliver. | |||
03 | "Debbie Does Dallas Uncovered" | 27 April 2005 | |
Also known as The Curse of Debbie Does Dallas, in the vein of
Inside Deep Throat, it examines the history of the production and marketing of the 1978 cult hit
Debbie Does Dallas, and is a study of the porn industry in the 1970s. Interviews with former porn stars also try to uncover the mystery of
Bambi Woods, the starlet who disappeared from the industry soon after Debbie Does Dallas and was rumoured to have connections with the mafia and problems with the
FBI. Featuring interviews with
Robin Byrd, female actress in the movie and Bill Kelly, a former FBI agent once working on an undercover operation to bust pornographic producers. | |||
04 | "Death of a Porn Star" | 28 April 2005 | |
This episode examines the mystery surrounding the death of
Lolo Ferrari. Featuring candid interviews with Lola's mother, her plastic surgeon and her husband. Narrated by
Jamie Glover. |
Episode # | Title | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|
01 | "Amateur Porn" | 10 April 2006 | |
This episode examines what is going on in the British sex industry, where new male actors are lining up to do a job without getting paid. | |||
02 | "Me and My Slaves" | 11 April 2006 | |
03 | "Hunting Emmanuelle" | 12 April 2006 | |
This episode examines the cultural impact of the movie
Emmanuelle. Featuring an interview with
Sylvia Kristel.
[3] | |||
04 | "Does Snuff Exist?" | 18 April 2006 | |
This episode investigates the truth behind
snuff movies. It features the 1997 German case where Ernst Dieter Korzen and Stefan Michael Mahn kidnapped a prostitute and recorded her torture.
[4] Narrated by
Ian Michie. It includes an interview with British
detective superintendent
Michael Hames.
[5] | |||
05 | "The Real Animal Farm" | 19 April 2006 | |
Looks into the story behind
bestiality porn movies, and discusses the notorious
Animal Farm video.
[6] Several interviewees, including
David Kerekes (co-author of Killing For Culture and See No Evil), author
Phil Tonge, feminist writer
Germaine Greer and British pornographer
Ben Dover, all admitted to having seen bootlegs of Animal Farm in the 1980s, but were apparently unaware that there was no such film — the entity referred to as such was merely a number of existing bestiality shorts tacked together. The documentary also told the story of
Bodil Joensen, a
psychologically traumatized young woman whose brief notoriety as the "Queen of Bestiality" was followed by a downward spiral of
alcohol abuse and
prostitution before her death of
cirrhosis of the
liver at the age of forty, and featured an interview with the Danish pornographer Ole Ege. Narrated by
John Simm. |
The Dark Side of Porn | |
---|---|
Starring | None |
Narrated by | Christopher Eccleston |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 9 |
Production | |
Running time | 50 minutes |
Production company | Lion Television |
Original release | |
Network | Channel 4 |
Release | 25 April 2005 19 April 2006 | –
The Dark Side of Porn is a documentary series that examines the adult entertainment industry. It was produced by Lion Television for Channel 4 in the United Kingdom between 25 April 2005 and 19 April 2006. The series is produced and directed by a different person for each episode, and narrated by Christopher Eccleston. [1]
Episode # | Title | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|
01 | "Porn Shutdown" | 25 April 2005 | |
Darren James was diagnosed with HIV in early 2004, which led to a two-month shutdown of the adult movie industry in Los Angeles. Featuring
Sharon Mitchell, founder of the
Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation and
Rob Black, producer of
gonzo pornography. | |||
02 | "Diary of a Porn Virgin" | 26 April 2005 | |
This episode gives an insight in the lives of newcomers to the adult entertainment. From the initial approach to a glamour agency and the first sexy photo-shoot to the HIV test, the audition and the first hardcore shoot, it shows the gritty reality of what working in the pornographic industry means in Britain today. Narrated by
Andrea Oliver. | |||
03 | "Debbie Does Dallas Uncovered" | 27 April 2005 | |
Also known as The Curse of Debbie Does Dallas, in the vein of
Inside Deep Throat, it examines the history of the production and marketing of the 1978 cult hit
Debbie Does Dallas, and is a study of the porn industry in the 1970s. Interviews with former porn stars also try to uncover the mystery of
Bambi Woods, the starlet who disappeared from the industry soon after Debbie Does Dallas and was rumoured to have connections with the mafia and problems with the
FBI. Featuring interviews with
Robin Byrd, female actress in the movie and Bill Kelly, a former FBI agent once working on an undercover operation to bust pornographic producers. | |||
04 | "Death of a Porn Star" | 28 April 2005 | |
This episode examines the mystery surrounding the death of
Lolo Ferrari. Featuring candid interviews with Lola's mother, her plastic surgeon and her husband. Narrated by
Jamie Glover. |
Episode # | Title | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|
01 | "Amateur Porn" | 10 April 2006 | |
This episode examines what is going on in the British sex industry, where new male actors are lining up to do a job without getting paid. | |||
02 | "Me and My Slaves" | 11 April 2006 | |
03 | "Hunting Emmanuelle" | 12 April 2006 | |
This episode examines the cultural impact of the movie
Emmanuelle. Featuring an interview with
Sylvia Kristel.
[3] | |||
04 | "Does Snuff Exist?" | 18 April 2006 | |
This episode investigates the truth behind
snuff movies. It features the 1997 German case where Ernst Dieter Korzen and Stefan Michael Mahn kidnapped a prostitute and recorded her torture.
[4] Narrated by
Ian Michie. It includes an interview with British
detective superintendent
Michael Hames.
[5] | |||
05 | "The Real Animal Farm" | 19 April 2006 | |
Looks into the story behind
bestiality porn movies, and discusses the notorious
Animal Farm video.
[6] Several interviewees, including
David Kerekes (co-author of Killing For Culture and See No Evil), author
Phil Tonge, feminist writer
Germaine Greer and British pornographer
Ben Dover, all admitted to having seen bootlegs of Animal Farm in the 1980s, but were apparently unaware that there was no such film — the entity referred to as such was merely a number of existing bestiality shorts tacked together. The documentary also told the story of
Bodil Joensen, a
psychologically traumatized young woman whose brief notoriety as the "Queen of Bestiality" was followed by a downward spiral of
alcohol abuse and
prostitution before her death of
cirrhosis of the
liver at the age of forty, and featured an interview with the Danish pornographer Ole Ege. Narrated by
John Simm. |