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Mark Roberts from Liverpool has done the Full Monty over 500 times. Mark, who's 48, is known as 'The Baredevil' and has no wife, no job, no money and - frequently - no clothes.
This documentary unearths what has motivated Mark to streak with such extraordinary regularity for the last 20 years and why he is planning his retirement now.
From streaking at the Superbowl, to a local building site, the film features extraordinary archive shot throughout his career and remarkable footage as he attempts to make his final streak his best ever.
The film is part of Channel 4's critically-acclaimed First Cut strand, which introduces new and diverse directing talent, presenting original and bold documentary films.
Male stripping is booming in the UK. Every weekend in most major cities, women are paying to see men get naked.
The Dreamboys is the biggest male stripping agency of them all and ex-stripper David Richards is in charge. He claims to know what women want, and is prepared to do whatever it takes to give it to them.
David is on the search for some 'fresh meat' to join his London troupe and meets the men that come forward to auditions. Who are they, why are they doing it and what impact is it having on their life?
Like never before, this First Cut film lifts the lid on this exotic world of sex, fantasy and temptation and shines a light on the private lives of the men whose job it is to bare all.
Examines the global Independent Scientology movement and the high level defectors who have publicly renounced their membership of the Church of Scientology.
Meet Scientology's highest-level defector, Marty Rathbun. As the former Inspector General of Ethics in the organisation, Rathbun worked closely with its leader, David Miscavige, and celebrity follower Tom Cruise. Now he lives in small town America, a man under siege. "The squirrel himself, how you doing Mr Squirrel?" A woman in a blue poncho cackles at the top of her voice, her wild eyed-face jammed into the camera lens. She's one of the Squirrel Busters who have for months besieged Marty Rathbun's house. They're sent to harass and torment members who leave and then make public their Scientology experiences. It's an incredible turnaround for Marty who had been David Miscavige's number two in the Church and was a master of these 'dirty tricks': "I didn't think twice about silencing critics or punishing someone". The Church may contest Marty's status now, but in 1993 Miscavige describes taking on the head of the IRS, side by side with Marty, as they prevailed in Scientology's greatest victory to date, becoming tax exempt in the US and dodging a billion dollar tax bill. Not only that - but Marty was the man charged with finding a poster boy for Scientology and attracting none other than Tom Cruise. "I helped them on his divorce with Nicole and then I was auditing him and helping him get Penelope audited". But his close relationship with Cruise was also his downfall, "Miscavige had to start undermining me in front of Cruise". Out of favour, Marty eventually escaped, going on the run to start up his own independent Scientology movement. Now his blog presents the greatest direct threat to Scientology. In return, they've turned Marty's daily life into a bitter battle. Marty's story offers an unparalleled insight into the inner workings of Scientology's upper echelons and the full array of the weapons it resorts to w
Thirtysomething singletons Naomi and Lex are given access to each other's lives to discover where they're going wrong in their search for love. Meeting each other's friends, family and former lovers, Lex's only serious ex-girlfriend describes him as "a child in a man's body" (ouch) while Naomi, it transpires, is still sleeping with her ex.
