Season 1

01 Episode 1 Episode 13rd October 1990 02 For Love or Money 1 Episode 210th October 1990 03 Doing the Dishes Episode 317th October 1990 A celebration of the satellite dish, looking at their history and considering the prospects for designer dishes. 04 Sexual Intercourse Began in 1963 Episode 424th October 1990 Trial of the book and the acquittal of Penguin Books ushered in the freedom of the Sixties. With dramatic reconstructions this programme recreates the atmosphere of the time and tells the story of Lawrence's lifelong battle with the censors. 05 The Thing Is... Prisons Episode 531st October 1990 Paul Morley looks at prisons, historic and new, and at the "interior design" practiced by prisoners within their cells. 06 Episode 6 Episode 67th November 1990 07 Tunnel Visions: 1 Episode 714th November 1990 The mutual mistrust between the French and the English goes back centuries. A British television team looks at the way the French are adjusting to a world in which many of their ideals - revolution, patriotism and national culture - seem to be increasingly irrelevant. 08 Tunnel Visions: 2 Episode 818th November 1990 A French television team looks behind the stereotypes and asks what the public role of British intellectuals is at a time when the channel tunnel is forcing the two societies together. 09 Tracks of My Tears Episode 921st November 1990 Inspired by the footballer, Paul Gascoigne, this documentary with music from Smokey Robinson and Sydney Devine, looks at men in tears - in art, pop, music, sport, the cinema and politics. 10 J'accuse: The Rolling Stones Episode 105th December 1990 Rock critic Sean O'Hagan argues that the Rolling Stones are a burnt-out collection of middle-aged men who have failed to mature or find a late style. He also suggests that they have become the opposite of much of what they once stood for. 11 Episode 11 Episode 1112th December 1990 12 The Thing Is... Christmas Decorations Episode 1219th December 1990 Paul Morley looks at Christmas decorations. Why do we want them? What do they mean to us and what do they say about us? How do the stores entice us to buy them? Do they offer a taste of a traditional Christmas or plastic nostalgia for a non-existent Golden Age? 13 Sleeping Beauty Rediscovered Episode 1314th January 1991 Looking at the Royal Ballet's film started in the 1960s and left unfinished. 14 J'accuse: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Episode 1415th January 1991 Looks at the hype behind the Mozart bicentennial celebrations. 15 Black Athena Episode 155th March 1991 Examines the ideas of Martin Bernal set out in book Black Athena (1987) in which he argues that the Wests view of Greek civilization has been distorted to promote the Aryan model to the detriment of black African and Semitic cultures. 16 Lost Lawrence Episode 1612th March 1991 17 Salvage of a Soho Photographer Episode 1726th March 1991