Episode 1
My Generation: The Small Faces
Nov 11, 1995
Episode 2
Letter from America with Christopher Hitchens: Spike's Gotta Have It
Nov 14, 1995
Episode 3
My Generation: Herman's Hermits
Nov 14, 1995
Episode 4
The Hanged Man: Nigeria's Shame
Nov 14, 1995
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
Episode 10
C4PD Starsky and Hutch
Mar 26, 1996
Episode 11
C4PD: Z Cars
Apr 2, 1996
Episode 12
J'accuse: The New Lads
Apr 2, 1996
Episode 13
C4PD: The Professionals
Apr 9, 1996
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.
Episode 15
The Elgin Marbles: 15 to 1
Apr 16, 1996
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.
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.
Episode 18
Gore Vidal
May 14, 1996
Episode 19
Painted Ladies: Nobility, Virtue, Morality
May 14, 1996
Episode 20
Painted Ladies: Aesthetic Lust
May 21, 1996
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.
Episode 22
Painted Ladies: Luxury and Frivolity
May 28, 1996