Sex: A Bonkers History
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45:03Season 1, Episode 5 - Twentieth Century of Sex: A Bonkers History was broadcast by SBS ONE on Thursday 11 January 2024 at 13:01.
45:08Dan and Amanda find out what happens to sexual desires when they are repressed by the state, leading to the flourishing of a BDSM scene and an appetite for serial killers and sexual monsters. Amanda gets to grips with Queen Victoria's secrets while Dan gets to grips with what historians believe was the mother of the modern...
45:11Amanda and Dan approach the Georgian era from very different angles, Amanda meets a fashion historian to learn how a true society girl was prepared to be a debutante in front of Queen Charlotte. Dan meets Dr Jessica Borge to find out what lengths Georgian men were willing to go to so they could have safe sex with sex worke...
44:57Amanda and Dan tackle the Tudors and Stuart period. Dan dons a full suit of armour before mounting his steed and learning how to joust. Amanda meets up with Strictly Come Dancing star Pasha Kovalev to learn the dance that was getting Elizabethan society hot and bothered, the La Volta.
44:59Dan and Amanda look at how attitudes towards sex differ drastically before the intervention of Christianity. Amanda trains as an ancient Spartan woman and gets to grips with the Karma Sutra. Dan travels to the Chelsea physic garden to make the ancient Egyptian equivalent of Viagra, then gets involved with the drama reconst...