Home / Series / The Dark Side of Porn / Aired Order /

All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 Porn Shutdown

    • April 25, 2005
    • Channel 4

    Darren James was diagnosed with HIV in early 2005, which led to a two month shutdown of the adult movie industry in Los Angeles. Featuring Sharon Mitchell, founder of AIM Healthcare and Rob Black, producer of Gonzo pornography.

  • S01E02 Diary of a Porn Virgin

    • April 26, 2005
    • Channel 4

    Insight in the lives of newcomers to the adult entertainment. From the initial approach to a glamour agency and the first sexy photo-shoot to the HIV test, the audition and the first hardcore shoot, it shows the gritty reality of what working in the porn industry means in Britain today.

  • S01E03 Debbie Does Dallas Uncovered

    • April 27, 2005
    • Channel 4

    A search for the secrets behind the legendary porn movie Debbie Does Dallas, with the mysterious entrance and disappearance of the main star Bambi Woods. Featuring interviews with Robin Byrd, female actress in the movie and Bill Kelly, a former FBI agent once working on an undercover operation to bust porn producers.

  • S01E04 Death of a Porn Star

    • April 28, 2005
    • Channel 4

    In March 2000 porn star Lolo Ferrari was found dead, apparently of a drugs overdose. Suicide was blamed, but her mother refused to accept the verdict and two years later was granted a second autopsy. Featuring candid interviews with Lola's mother, her plastic surgeon and her husband, this is a story of fame, prostitution, hardcore pornography and, possibly, murder.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Amateur Porn

    • April 10, 2006
    • Channel 4

    Examines what is going on in the British sex industry, where new male actors are lining up to do a job without getting paid.

  • S02E02 Me and My Slaves

    • April 11, 2006
    • Channel 4

    Centered around "Rick", a BDSM Dominator who wants to quit the job after doing it for 25 years. Over a period of more than a year, Rick talks intimately about his life.

  • S02E03 Hunting Emmanuelle

    • April 12, 2006
    • Channel 4

    Examines the cultural impact of the movie Emmanuelle. Featuring an interview with Sylvia Kristel.

  • S02E04 Does Snuff Exist?

    • April 18, 2006
    • Channel 4

    This episode investigates the truth behind snuff movies. It features the 1997 German case where Ernst Dieter Korzen and Stefan Michael Mahn kidnapped a prostitute and recorded her torture. It includes an interview with British detective superintendent Michael Hames.

  • S02E05 The Real Animal Farm

    • April 19, 2006
    • Channel 4

    Looks into the story behind bestiality porn movies, and discusses the notorious Animal Farm video.[6] Several interviewees, including David Kerekes (co-author of Killing For Culture and See No Evil), author Phil Tonge, feminist writer Germaine Greer and British pornographer Ben Dover, all admitted to having seen bootlegs of Animal Farm in the 1980s.