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TV Highlights
Sex Stories: Fifty Shades Of Grey (Sun, 10pm, C4)
It has been a publishing sensation, selling 31 million copies worldwide, but what does erotic bondage novel ‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’ say about the British attitude to sex? This programme visits a spanking class to see how novice pervs are trained in the art of a good caning, drops in on a book club in North Yorkshire where the text is proving quite the conversation starter, and visits adult retailer Ann Summers to see what effect the book is having on the sale of their other bits and bobs. Sex columnist and psychologist Pamela Stephenson and Brooke Magnanti, who wrote ‘Belle De Jour’, give their insights; with the programme contending that the book has been such a cultural phenomenon that it may even affect the nation’s sexual behaviour. One thing’s for sure: you don’t normally see people reading porn on the bus. Thankfully.
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