I’ve been busy working on a new project regarding the life and career of filmmaker Stanley Long. It’s a multi-part work featuring documentaries and new interviews. I’ve recently been filming with legendary actor and musician, Billy Boyle, star of Stanley’s 1969 film, Groupie Girl. Billy’s contribution to the project is a brand-new documentary called The Ultimate Irishman. Coming later this year…
The Ultimate Irishman
The Critics Love Saucy!
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Let’s get Saucy!!
My new documentary, Saucy! – Secrets of the British Sex Comedy, based on my book Keeping the British End Up, will be broadcast on Channel 4 later this month. Part one will debut on Sunday 28th July at 10pm, and part two will screen the following week at 10pm on Sunday 4th August.
The two films document the history of X-rated British comedies from the late-1960s, until the start of the video era in the early-1980s, looking at box office hits like The Wife Swappers (1970), Eskimo Nell (1974), Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974), Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1975), Come Play with Me (1977) and The Stud (1978). Alongside archive clips, I’ve interviewed all the main players from the industry – Robin Askwith, Linda Hayden, Michael Armstrong, Pete Walker, Oliver Tobias, plus a host of others. It’s naughty, funny and very saucy!
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Time to Confess!
Finally, I can confess all! For some time I’ve been working with Indicator on the forthcoming Confessions blu-ray box-set. I’ve made three new documentaries for the collection, plus written a limited-edition 120 page book which will sit alongside the four discs. The set will be released on 26 August 2024.
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New Blu-ray Boxsets Coming Soon!
I’m fortunate enough to have worked on several exploitation blu-ray boxsets over the past couple of years… Mary Millington, Pete Walker, Saucy ’70s and Stanley Long’s Adventures trilogy for Screenbound, Indicator and 88 Films.
Well, I confess, I’m currently beavering away on three more boxsets, due for release later this year. And I don’t think you’ll be disappointed by what’s in store!
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Tagged Au Pair Girls, Blu-ray, Confessions films, Mary Millington, Pete Walker, Robin Askwith, sexploitation, Stanley Long, The Sex Thief, Zeta One
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Millington in Margate
My 2016 documentary, Respectable – The Mary Millington Story, is having a special screening at 5.30pm on March 1st at Marine Studios, Margate, as part of their ‘Censored’ event. I’ll be there doing a Q&A. Tickets available at: www.marinestudios.co.uk/events
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Oooh, Saucy!
Keeping the British End Up!, my exhaustive documentary on the 1960s and 1970s British sex film industry, has now been re-titled for its first TV broadcast. Starring a host of veteran actors and filmmakers, it will be screened by Channel 4 over two nights, so look out for Saucy! – Secrets of the British Sex Comedy very soon!
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The Sexy Side of Pete Walker
Some years before Pete Walker became legendary for his outrageous ‘terror’ films of the 1970s, he dabbled in sexploitation films, first on 8mm and then for the big screen. Now, four of these classic X-rated movies have been remastered and released as part of a saucy new blu-ray boxset from 88 Films.
The set includes For Men Only (1967), School for Sex (1968), Cool It Carol! (1970) and Home Before Midnight (1978). I’ve curated the box-set and filled it full of exclusive new ‘special features’ including interviews with Pete Walker himself, screenwriter Michael Armstrong and actress Francoise Pascal. The Pete Walker Sexploitation Collection is available from Amazon now.
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Tagged 1970s, Cool it Carol!, Pete Walker, Robin Askwith, School for Sex, sexploitation
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Back to the Saucy 1970s!
I’m very pleased that my latest blu-ray box-set collection is now available to buy. Distributed by my friends at 88 Films, the Saucy 70s Collection brings together three of the most celebrated British sex comedies of the decade – Zeta One (released 1970), Val Guest’s Au Pair Girls (1972) and The Sex Thief (1973).
All three films, digitally remastered in HD, have never looked better, and they feature a host of exclusive ‘special features’. I’ve curated the set, written a lavishly-illustrated 80-page book to accompany the discs, and directed a number of new featurettes including brand new interviews with actors Robin Hawdon, Michael Armstrong and Angela Grant.
The beautiful-looking set is out now, and can be purchased in person at HMV and Fopp, or online at Amazon.
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‘Everything’ now on Netflix Europe
I’m thrilled that after a successful stint on BBC iPlayer, my 2019 movie Everything – The Real Thing Story, is now available to watch on Netflix throughout Europe.
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