Episode list

All you ever wanted to know about Sade: Sade scandalised society twice over: through his acts and his writing, veritable catalogues of sexual perversion. Imprisoned in the 18th century, vilified, condemned to being published in secret, he became synonymous with an immoral sexual practice: sadism. Yet he was eventually partially rehabilitated, going on to profoundly influence French intellectuals.

Céline: the final secrets: It was a major cultural discovery, that of thousands of hand-written pages by one of the 20th century's most controversial writers, Louis-Ferdinand Destouches, known as Céline. Originals, letters, complete projects revealed for the very first time, an inestimable treasure. His literary genius and his writing, but also his dark side.

The sex of laughter: For centuries, laughter was almost exclusively male. Kept under close watch, feminine laughter was only tolerated in the salons, hidden from prying eyes. A woman who laughed was considered insolent, mad, hysterical. Laughter deforms and disfigures, the very opposite of beauty, seduction and what is thought of as femininity .

50 shades of cops: Top cops have always provided an endless source of inspiration for artists. Delon and Belmondo built their careers on playing the policeman. An image that unfortunately became sullied by police violence and undermined by protests songs. An investigation into the difficult relationship between artists and the police.

The invisible gay: Forty years after homosexuality was no longer punished by the law in France, we look back at the history of gay visibility. Caricatured, mocked and even condemned, homosexuals lived in the shadows and hidden from sight, creating their own areas of freedom: dances, after dark venues and, above all, art.

Marilyn, a woman for today: Sixty years after her death, Marilyn Monroe remains very much a woman of today. Behind the legendary Hollywood sex symbol, lies a modern woman, mistress of her destiny, building her own image, never hesitating to denounce certain producers, an act ahead of its time. A powerful, free and emancipated woman.