Episodes
My Generation: The Small Faces
November 11, 1995
Letter from America with Christopher Hitchens: Spike's Gotta Have It
November 14, 1995
My Generation: Herman's Hermits
November 14, 1995
The Hanged Man: Nigeria's Shame
November 14, 1995
Unpeeled: Proust - Remembrance of Tastes Past
December 12, 1995
An 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).
Equal But Different
March 5, 1996
Tony 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.
J'accuse: Technonerds
March 19, 1996
Janet Street-Porter takes the Internet to task, claiming its main use is to provide an occupation for boring, inadequate and socially inept people.
My Fair Hugh
March 19, 1996
American film critic, Joe Queenan, adopts the persona of a male film star to assess his contribution to the cinema.
A Brief History of Slang
March 26, 1996
There 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.
C4PD Starsky and Hutch
March 26, 1996
C4PD: Z Cars
April 2, 1996
J'accuse: The New Lads
April 2, 1996
C4PD: The Professionals
April 9, 1996
Supercrips and Rejects
April 9, 1996
Nabil 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.
The Elgin Marbles: 15 to 1
April 16, 1996
Not Fade Away
April 23, 1996
Philip 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.
Psychoanalysing Diana
May 7, 1996
Dr. 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.
Gore Vidal
May 14, 1996
Painted Ladies: Nobility, Virtue, Morality
May 14, 1996
Painted Ladies: Aesthetic Lust
May 21, 1996
J'accuse: Comedy
May 28, 1996
Cosmo 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.
Painted Ladies: Luxury and Frivolity
May 28, 1996
