Summary Sue Townsend , author of the bestselling Adrian Mole diaries, examines Anglo-Saxon attitudes to bodies - dead or alive. Repressed and buttoned-up? She presents evidence that though they seem less at home in their bodies than other nationalities, the respectable English actually revel in the grotesque. With stories about her own and other English bodies, Sue Townsend offers an intriguing glimpse of our private parts.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : David Stafford John Akomfrah Sue Townsend Roger Scruton
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Oct 14, 1991
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Summary Sue Townsend , author of the bestselling Adrian Mole diaries, examines Anglo-Saxon attitudes to bodies - dead or alive. Repressed and buttoned-up? She presents evidence that though they seem less at home in their bodies than other nationalities, the respectable English actually revel in the grotesque. With stories about her own and other English bodies, Sue Townsend offers an intriguing glimpse of our private parts.
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Oct 14, 1991
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)