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Season 6 · 22 episodes · Nov 11, 1995

  1. Episode 1

    My Generation: The Small Faces

    Nov 11, 1995

  2. Episode 2

    Letter from America with Christopher Hitchens: Spike's Gotta Have It

    Nov 14, 1995

  3. Episode 3

    My Generation: Herman's Hermits

    Nov 14, 1995

  4. Episode 4

    The Hanged Man: Nigeria's Shame

    Nov 14, 1995

  5. Episode 5

    Unpeeled: Proust - Remembrance of Tastes Past

    Dec 12, 1995

    An examination of Proust's fascination with sex and food with a look at the psycho-sexual history evoked in 'Remembrance of Things Past'(A La Recherché Du Temps Perdu).

  6. Episode 6

    Equal But Different

    Mar 5, 1996

    Tony Parsons delivers an essay on the state of the sex war, he suggests that there are some things that women do better than men: weeping, shopping and housework.

  7. Episode 7

    J'accuse: Technonerds

    Mar 19, 1996

    Janet Street-Porter takes the Internet to task, claiming its main use is to provide an occupation for boring, inadequate and socially inept people.

  8. Episode 8

    My Fair Hugh

    Mar 19, 1996

    American film critic, Joe Queenan, adopts the persona of a male film star to assess his contribution to the cinema.

  9. Episode 9

    A Brief History of Slang

    Mar 26, 1996

    There are over 50,000 words of slang in common usage today. Lexicographer Jonathon Green points out that most of them come from sex, drugs and music.

  10. Episode 10

    C4PD Starsky and Hutch

    Mar 26, 1996

  11. Episode 11

    C4PD: Z Cars

    Apr 2, 1996

  12. Episode 12

    J'accuse: The New Lads

    Apr 2, 1996

  13. Episode 13

    C4PD: The Professionals

    Apr 9, 1996

  14. Episode 14

    Supercrips and Rejects

    Apr 9, 1996

    Nabil Shaban argues that disabled people are misrepresented by Hollywood, the bad guy always being portrayed with a limp and scars and heroes are physically perfect. If there is a disabled part on offer it is played by an able-bodied actor.

  15. Episode 15

    The Elgin Marbles: 15 to 1

    Apr 16, 1996

  16. Episode 16

    Not Fade Away

    Apr 23, 1996

    Philip Norman's very personal film about the unique connection he felt to the singer Buddy Holly, despite having never met him, enhanced by speaking candidly with those who did.

  17. Episode 17

    Psychoanalysing Diana

    May 7, 1996

    Dr. Paul Dawson was Diana Spencer's psychotherapist from January 1996 to August 1997. He drew on verbatim psychotherapy transcripts to reveal a surprising, fresh look at the most glamorous and famous woman in the world.

  18. Episode 18

    Gore Vidal

    May 14, 1996

  19. Episode 19

    Painted Ladies: Nobility, Virtue, Morality

    May 14, 1996

  20. Episode 20

    Painted Ladies: Aesthetic Lust

    May 21, 1996

  21. Episode 21

    J'accuse: Comedy

    May 28, 1996

    Cosmo Landesman accuses comedians of the nineties of becoming a force for political reaction 'the court jesters of the chattering classes'. He argues that politicians now wield the weapon of humour which was once turned against them.

  22. Episode 22

    Painted Ladies: Luxury and Frivolity

    May 28, 1996