猥琐大不列颠
本系列致力于探索英国在讽刺文学和猥琐粗俗的幽默上面的传统。   第一集 有史以来最讽刺、下流、猥琐、无礼的历史   本片从18世纪早期的乔治王朝统治时期入手,给大家展示全国性的公开粗俗,简直让人震惊!贺加斯,吉尔雷,罗兰生,克鲁克香克笔下的绘画,以及约翰·盖伊和亨利·菲尔丁笔下光怪陆离的戏剧世界会让我们大开眼界。歌手露西·斯吉平会带我们一览乔治王朝粗俗下流情歌的盛况。我们还会从蒲伯,斯威夫特,拜伦以及斯特恩入手,研究一下那个时代脏话的文学起源。   第二集 荤段子与艳照   在维多利亚时期严谨,纯洁,禁欲的价值观中幸存下来的英国讽刺文学和猥琐粗俗的幽默传统,是如何在20世纪前半叶得到了繁荣发展?我们回去调查由摄影技术引发的道德恐慌,因为火辣的照片变得唾手可得。我们还会去关注由早期连环画经典形象Ally Sloper所存在的那个粗鲁又讽刺意味鲜明的世界。最后,咱们要去看看码头上的西洋景以及唐纳德·麦吉尔的明信片艺术中如何催生出了海滩上的猥琐文化。   第三集 猥琐到极致是谓无敌   关于英国讽刺文学和猥琐粗俗的幽默传统的探索将会把视线转向20世纪60年代出现并持续至今的大众民主式的粗鲁野蛮。我们将会探索复兴的粗俗政治漫画,Viz杂志中的滑稽艺术,乔·奥顿的剧院,霍恩周围的无线电广播,以及地下杂志Oz。电视上粗俗的历史可以从《永不分离》追溯到《小不列颠》...最后我们要关注,性别歧视者和种族主义者是如何看待这些粗俗喜剧的。
The King's War On Witches
In the late 16th century Europe was in the grip of a ferocious witch hunt, where thousands were tortured and burnt at the stake. The church was fully behind this terrifying crusade against the imaginary enemies of Christianity. In France and Germany alone up to 40,000 people may have been killed as witches. But England and Scotland were almost untouched by witch persecutions until King James himself decided to launch his own, personal war on witchcraft.   In 1597 King James VI of Scotland published 'Daemonology', a handbook on how to recognise and destroy, witches. The book explored the threat that 'those Detestable slaves of the Devil', posed to James himself. It fuelled waves of witch hunting throughout Britain.   The legacy of James' 'Daemonology' continued throughout the 17th century, and led to the torture and execution of hundreds of women in a series of infamous witch trials. No-one knows exactly how many men and women died in these trials, such as the Pendle trial of 1612, or how many others were killed in cases that never came to court. The documentary reveals the purges in many areas of Britain drew directly on King James' book. Also for the first time, remarkable new archaeological evidence from Cornwall, suggests that witchcraft was actively practiced for centuries, even during the most intense periods of witch-hunting. Experimental archaeologist Jacqui Wood has excavated strange pits lined with swan's feathers, and filled with animal skins and human remains. She believes the pits were ritual offerings inspired by witchcraft beliefs.
*
*