An Underground Film Scene
Aoife's working title was 'Wildcard' – we went on a journey through vice-ridden streets (and garages) of Dublin city in 1954.Films:Smart Alec (1951) US 'stag' film starring Candy Barr Hosted on Acast....
5 Okt 202339min
Blasphemy!
How did the Irish censor feel about Biblical epics? And how could a convent have ‘a sex atmosphere’? Where we discuss Mary Magdalene’s gold bikini and dangerously smouldering Englishmen. But also, El...
21 Sep 202344min
It Girls: Clara Bow and Mae West
We investigate ‘It’, a type of sex appeal that raised the temperatures of cinema goers and censors in the 1930s. ‘It’ was personified in the screen personas of Clara Bow and Mae West but did you know ...
7 Sep 202345min
Caught in the Act
Film censorship in Ireland is a hundred years old today. What were Irish cinema goers watching in 1923, and what would the Censor keep them from watching in the future? Find out in this bumper birthda...
16 Jul 202345min
Sadism: Michael Arlen, ‘Hell! Said the Duchess’ (1934)
Why would Irish censors object to a satire of the English upper-classes? They probably wouldn’t but Arlen wrote something far creepier. With Dr Laura Ludtke.He's merciless on the role of sport in crea...
6 Jul 202348min
Gritty: Richard Wright 'Black Boy' (1945)
There’s lots of indecency in this memoir – vile racism, horrific violence – but readers shouldn’t be protected from Wright’s rage and bitterness.On the floor of the US senate, a Theodore Bilbo said ...
22 Jun 202329min
Filthy Films: a Teaser
What do you do when you’ve read a lot of smutty books? Watch dirty films, of course. This season is about films that annoyed the censors. And, to double your fun, there are now two hosts: Aoife Bhreat...
16 Jun 202310min
Libellous: what is indecency?
When Patrick Mulloy, author of Jackets Green, heard his book was banned he did something unusual – he sued for libel. But why was this censorship trial held in London? This is a true crime special, bu...
8 Jun 202326min
