SEX: A Bonkers History

Name: SEX: A Bonkers History
Released: 2023-09-25T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Amanda Holden, Dan Jones

TV Show · Documentary · History

Actor and presenter Amanda Holden and bestselling author and historian Dan Jones explore how sexual behaviours through the ages have shaped civilisations in ways people are only now beginning to discover.

2023 · 43m

Starring Amanda Holden, Dan Jones

Director Mimi Templar-Gay

EPISODE 1

The Ancients

Amanda trains as a Spartan woman and then discovers the influence of the Kama Sutra; Dan visits Chelsea Physic Garden to recreate ancient Egyptian sexual medicines.
EPISODE 2

The Tudors

Amanda and Dan tackle the Tudor and Stuart period; Dan dons a full suit of armour before mounting his steed and learning how to joust; Amanda learns the dance that was getting Elizabethan society hot and bothered, the La Volta.
EPISODE 3

The Georgians

Amanda and Dan discover the Georgian era. Dan finds out what lengths Georgians were willing to go to have protected sex by making his own animal intestine condom. Amanda pulls back the covers on the most famous lesbian of the period, Anne Lister.
EPISODE 4

The Victorians

Amanda Holden and Dan Jones shine a light on the most seductive sex stories from the Victorian era. Amanda gets to grips with Queen Victoria's secrets. Dan finds out about what historians believe was the mother of the modern-day vibrator.
EPISODE 5

Twentieth Century

Amanda Holden and Dan Jones shine a light on the most seductive sex stories from the 20th century. Amanda talks to Virginia Nicholson about the advent of the birth control pill. Dan talks to Dr Kate Lister about the UK adult film industry.