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During [[The Seventies]], when [[Fan Service|sex and nudity]] in mainstream films were at their height and the boundary between porn and mainstream was blurred, the UK produced a number of low-budget comedies with sexual themes featuring a great deal of nudity and slapstick. Modern viewers almost universally agree that these were flat-out ''awful'' films, but some of them [[So Bad It's Good|enjoy them anyway]].
Most famous was the "Confessions" series, four films entitled ''Confessions...'' ''of a Window cleaner, of a Driving Instructor, of a Pop Performer'' and ''from a Holiday Camp''. all of which followed the misadventures of lovable loser Timmy Lea (to quote the theme tune from the first episode [[No Except Yes|"You're really not a loser, you just find it hard to win"]]) as he bungles his way through a series of jobs set up for him by his brother-in-law, Sid Noggett, who happened to be played by the future father-in-law of a British Prime Minister! At every turn Sid and Timmy attempt to have sex with every young woman they meet. Often successfully. Subplots include Sid's stormy marriage and Timmy's Dad's habit of stealing things from the lost property office where he works.
Other similar films were made at about the same time, including the derivative "Adventures" series, one episode of which, ''Adventures of a Taxi Driver'' is said to have out-performed [[Martin Scorsese]]'s ''[[Taxi Driver]]'' at the British box office; if true, this says a horrible thing about British culture in the '70s. Established comedy series, such as ''[[Carry On]]'', also converged with this type of film during [[The Seventies]].
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