Naked Education: Channel 4 causes stir | The Week UK
Controversial programme uses ‘body positive’ naked adults to tackle insecurities among young people
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The six-part show, Naked Education, stars a “nakedbrigade” of adults who strip off in the presence of teenagers aged 14 to 16. One episode educates viewers on female anatomy, while others tackle body image issues such as penis size, hair, cosmetic surgery and ageing.
The programme is a successor to Channel 4’s popular nude dating show Naked Attraction, and is also hosted by Anna Richardson. But the show goes “one step further than Naked Attraction”, Richardson told The Sun, as it aims to “normalise bodies” and educate the nation. “I like to make shows that are controversial,” she added, and that “make a difference”.
Miriam Cates, the Conservative MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge, told the Daily Express that it was “extremely concerning” that children under the age of consent were being exposed to naked adult bodies, which amounted to being “used by adults for political ends”.
Cates wrote to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in March raising concerns about children’s sex education lessons in schools, based on a report she compiled.
Two other Conservative MPs, who also signed her letter, raised concerns with the Express. Brendan Clarke-Smith, MP for Bassetlaw, said he believed parents would be “horrified” by the show. Jonathan Gullis, former teacher and MP for Stoke-on-Trent North, said that if Naked Education were a film, it would come