The Art of Sex on TV

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How do you go about getting permission to film in grave yards? Are we seeing less sex on TV? Why don’t people say “goodbye” when on the phone on screen? As always Marina and Richard answer your excellent questions on the Q&A edition of The Rest Is Entertainment.
Producer: Neil Fearn + Joey McCarthy
Executive Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport

Not to be confused with How to Create Movie Sex Sounds (Dec 2024)

Inside This Episode:

Discussion of filming permissions and protocols for cemetery/graveyard scenes in TV/film
How TV/film productions handle character deaths and informing actors
Evolution of gender-specific job titles, particularly “actor” vs “actress”
Recycling and reuse of Strictly Come Dancing costumes
Phone etiquette in TV shows and why characters don’t say goodbye
Changes in how sex scenes are portrayed on modern television
Halloween-themed discussion about ghosts and their theoretical behaviour
References to upcoming Steven Seagal bonus episode
Mention of live show at Royal Albert Hall on 4th December

Media Mentions:

Television Shows:

Strictly Come Dancing
Game of Thrones
The Sopranos
EastEnders
Industry
Ludwig
This Morning
Ghosts
Below Deck
Prime Suspect
Minder
Slow Horses
Rivals
The Sweeney
What’s My Line

Movies:

Saltburn
Twisters
Ghost (including discussion of potential remake)

Live Events:

Royal Albert Hall show (4th December)
Potential Edinburgh and Manchester shows (mentioned as possibilities)

Hot Takes:

“The only time it would be ever acceptable for you to ring me would be if an assassin is coming around to kill me”
On ghost behaviour: “if you’re quite an extrovert as a ghost, you might think there’s Alison Hammond, there’s Dermot O’Leary, I’m gonna go and join in the cooking”
On modern romance in films: “it’s become very sexless in a quite an odd way”
On Game of Thrones showrunners: “they were so utterly exhausted because it was just such a kind of actual monster commitment”
On phone habits: “who leaves you messages? It’s always like estate agents from 8 years ago”

Notable Numbers:

6,000,000,000 – Estimated number of people who have died (in context of ghost discussion)
555 – American TV show area code that doesn’t exist in reality
24 hour – Time window for actors to respond about character deaths