The Toilet: An Unspoken History
Documentary looking at the role of the toilet in our culture, exploring its social history in Britain and abroad, and finding possible future solutions to global sanitation issues.
We each spend three years of our lives on the toilet, but how happy are we talking about this essential part of our lives? This film challenges that mindset by uncovering its role in our culture and exploring the social history of the toilet in Britain and abroad - as well as exploring many of our cultural toilet taboos.
Starting in Merida, Spain, with some of the earliest surviving Roman toilets, we journey around the world - from the UK to China, Japan and Bangladesh - visiting toilets, ranging from the historically significant to the beautiful, from the functional and sometimes not-so-functional to the downright bizarre.
Leading our journey is Everyman figure, Welsh poet and presenter Ifor ap Glyn, who has a passionate interest in the toilet, its history and how it has evolved over the centuries, right up to the development of the current design. Finally, there's a glimpse of the future and a possible solution to the global sanitation issues we now face.
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Ifor Ap Glyn Explains His Fascination With The Toilet
Duration: 04:03
Music Played
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Rollo
In The Beginning
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Nitin Sawhney
Awareness
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Doves
Jetstream
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Ifor ap Glyn |
Executive Producer | Eric Harwood |
Producer | Nick Watts |
Director | Nick Watts |
Broadcasts
- Mon 16 Jul 2012 21:0091热爆 Four & 91热爆 HD
- Tue 17 Jul 2012 02:40
- Thu 19 Jul 2012 21:0091热爆 HD
- Thu 19 Jul 2012 23:30
- Mon 23 Jul 2012 00:0091热爆 HD
- Thu 6 Sep 2012 21:25
- Fri 7 Sep 2012 02:35
- Mon 26 Nov 2012 21:00
- Tue 27 Nov 2012 02:30
- Fri 30 Nov 2012 00:00
- Mon 12 May 2014 23:35
- Thu 3 Sep 2015 23:00
- Tue 8 Sep 2015 01:50
- Thu 28 Jul 2016 02:00
- Tue 11 Apr 2017 01:00
- Wed 1 Nov 2017 23:40
- Tue 17 Apr 2018 00:00