The Naughty Bits

Episode 2

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.

Episode 3

Violence, Drugs and the 'F' Word

This episode of The Naughty Bits examines how violence, offensive language and drugs have been handled by Kiwi censors. Ranging across film, music, video games and more, writer/director José Barbosa looks at key cases of censorship in New Zealand, including the many comic books banned in the 1950s, and controversial movies Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986, which was classified in Aotearoa two different ways) and Maniac (2013). Also touched on are banned songs, and two infamous legal cases involving offensive language — by Germaine Greer in one case, and Suburban Reptiles vocalist Clare Elliott in the other.