The 'S' Word

This episode of censorship documentary The Naughty Bits casts its eye over "matters of the flesh" — how New Zealand censors have handled sex and nudity. Narrator Ian Hughes touches on key books and films that were banned or pushed the envelope — from 1926 Kiwi novel The Butcher Shop to 1967 James Joyce adaptation Ulysses (which originally screened to separate audiences of men and women). Past censors Jane Wrightson and Bill Hastings talk about changing trends in what is acceptable on screen. Also mentioned: anti-pornography campaigner Patricia Bartlett, and more open Māori attitudes to sex and nudity.