Electric Blue Archives - Desperate Living

The Amazing World Of 3D

The rise and fall of 3D cinema and TV in the 1980s, when the gimmick stumbled and failed as dramatically as it had three decades earlier.

Hellcat Mud Wrestlers And Foxy Boxers: The Knock-Out Blow For The British Sex Film

The long and winding road of British smut cinema came to a bitter end in 1983 as the genre bowed out on a new creative low.

Swirling About In A Human Cesspit Of His Own Making: Goodbye To God’s Cop

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Manchester’s former Chief Constable and moral puritan James Anderton has died.

Sex Freaks, Long Dong Silver And The Untold Story Of Britain’s Weirdest Adult Film

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A remarkable and lurid tale of prosthetics, photographic special effects, daredevil publishing and political scandal.

The Double Life Of Clare Dunkel

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How one of the biggest glamour models of the 1980s became an acclaimed author of ultra-violent crime fiction.

Sugar Sugar: the Golden Age Of Bubblegum Pop

The innocent joys of disposable pop music from the past, as featured on a new box set.

Red Tape International: Britain’s Forgotten Adult Video Series

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The ambitious but under-achieving softcore video magazine series featuring Keith Allen.

The Forgotten World Of The British Softcore Video

The untold story of the 18-rated adult VHS release – the lowest creative point of British adult entertainment, but one still worth recording for posterity.

Paul Raymond’s Erotica – Low Rent Pleasures With Upmarket Aspirations

Paul Raymond’s final film is a gloriously trashy and breathtakingly unerotic vanity project.

Electric Blue: The First Men’s Magazine On Videocassette

The classic softcore VHS video series of the 1980s.