A rough teenage boy pushing a doll in a carriage ‘round the hood, a lesbian in an arm wrestling contest with a gay man, and sex-change operations in Iran – these are the images that tabloids and private late night shows sell very well with. Public TV often shies away from these muddy waters. These programmes go the other way: they hit the naked truth spot on. Just because these themes sell? Or is there more to it?
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