Wank Week
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Wank Week is a season of programming to be shown by Channel 4 in March 2007. It was announced on July 18, 2006. [1]
The week was expected to consist of a series of documentary programmes about masturbation.
An independent production company, Zig-Zag Productions, filmed one of the shows at a Masturbate-a-thon held in London in August 2006. A press release from Zig-Zag promised that the film would find out "if the only things allowed to be stiff in Britain are upper lips".
A second documentary about compulsive male masturbators was also being planned. The series was due to finish with a film called Masturbation For Girls, made by a company called Spun Gold, featuring the sex educationalist Dr Betty Dodson. [2]
The series was due to be screened in March 2007, however it was abandoned by Channel 4, in order to avoid further controversy following the Celebrity Big Brother 2007 racism controversy.[3] The three scheduled programmes are due to be broadcast separately later in 2007.
Channel 4, a public service broadcaster supported by advertising, frequently courts controversy. Its former chief executive, Michael Grade, was nicknamed "pornographer in chief" by the conservative tabloid, The Daily Mail. Grade subsequently became Chairman of the BBC.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1823630,00.html Guardian.co.uk "Wank Week" reference
- ^ http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/story/0,,1871424,00.html Guardian.co.uk "Masturbation For Girls" reference
- ^ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a42343/channel-4-abandons-wank-week.html Channel 4 'abandons' "wank week"
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