The Election Night special is always full of shocks and ‘watercooler moments’, and Channel 4 are hoping their Erection Night special will have a similar effect on audiences.
That’s right, Channel 4 are set to air the first erect penis on TV in tonight’s Me and My Penis – followed swiftly by seven more. Apparently erect penises on broadcast television are like buses – you wait ages for one to come, then eight show up.
Why are Channel 4 broadcasting erect penises tonight?
What is Channel 4’s Me and My Penis about?
Me and My Penis will see a series of people discussing their relationships with their penises and other issues while posing in front of a photographer for nude portraits.
Artist Ajamu will have eight people strip off and be photographed as they discuss various issues relating to masculinity.
Channel 4’s synopsis of the show reads: ‘Men talk openly about their penis, the physical realities of sex, masturbation and erections, and how it feels to be a man. They also tell stories of infertility, violence, sexual abuse.’
Ajamu – whose work around queerness, fetishes, and showcasing black bodies has featured throughout his photography career – told Metro.co.uk: ‘I take portraits of dicks because dicks have their own stories to tell but are still censored.
‘I wanted to meet and photograph all kinds of men – the kinds of men I would not normally meet. The film became a space for us to recognise what we all share, despite our differences.’
The Sun reports that a TV insider said: ‘This shatters one of the final no-go areas on terrestrial TV, because regulations forbid an erect penis being shown in a sexual context.
‘But as these aroused private parts are shown in an entirely artistic context, filming them doesn’t break any rules.
‘Channel 4 also clearly feel that in more open-minded times, there’s likely to be fewer complaints from viewers — particularly as the show airs at 10pm which is well after the watershed.’
Why were erect penises not allowed on TV?
A long held urban myth had it that penises could be shown on TV following the ‘Mull of Kintyre’ rule.
What this rule meant was that many thought a penis could only be shown on terrestrial TV if it was no more aroused than the shape of the Scottish peninsula.
When you see it on a map, it will make more sense.
However, there was no such rule.
Ofcom state that there was a ban on terrestrial TV showing: ‘Images and/or language of a strong sexual nature which is broadcast for the primary purpose of sexual arousal or stimulation.’
Me and My Penis airs tonight, August 31 on Channel 4 at 10pm.
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