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Girls and Boys - Sex and British Pop

2005 · 1 season

A brisk, chatty archive-led stroll through pop history, more informative than immersive, with talking heads and clips doing the heavy lifting.

Created by
Benjamin Whalley, Simon Napier-Bell
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Cherie Lunghi, Pamela Des Barres, Yoko Ono
Overview
Four-part documentary series that tells the story of British pop music and our changing attitudes to sex, gender and sexuality.

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Created by
Benjamin Whalley, Simon Napier-Bell
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Cherie Lunghi, Pamela Des Barres, Yoko Ono
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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • music
  • sexuality
  • gender
  • identity
  • media
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance4
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
documentary
Created by
Benjamin Whalley, Simon Napier-Bell
Written by
Simon Napier-Bell
Starring
Cherie Lunghi, Pamela Des Barres, Yoko Ono, Frank Zappa, James Brown, Sandie Shaw, Germaine Greer, Johnny Marr
Length
1 seasons, 4 episodes
Network
BBC Two
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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