Series · 1999–Returning

Pornography A Secret History of Civilisation

Name: Pornography A Secret History of Civilisation
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1999-10-14
Cast: Henri Pachard, Marc Warren, Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, Douglas Rushkoff

1 season·1 episodes

Ten years in the making, PORNOGRAPHY: THE SECRET HISTORY OF CIVILISATION is a six-part series, which tells for the first time on British television the history of pornography. This landmark series charts the changes in imagery prompted by the advent of new technologies over thousands of years: from ancient times to print, photography, film, video and the Internet.

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Oct 14, 1999

The science of archaeology. imagery has been at the heart of culture all over the world, from the Cerne Abbas man to the painted walls of Pompeii, from the carvings of Bourges Cathedral to the obscene pamphlets of the French Revolution.