Why’s everyone naked on TV all the time? A Christian perspective on the au naturel telly trend

As Channel 4 release another show about nudity, writer Lauren Windle asks if they are really reaching their goal of normalising different body types.

I don’t want to sound like someone’s grandma here and I don’t think I’m a repressed prude who would put a pair of shorts on the statue of David, but can we all agree everything’s really naked at the moment?

I remember years ago when I first watched Naked Attraction gaping in horror as the screen raised to reveal six unfiltered, unmuzzed penises. Just there, dangling in all their glory. The fact that we couldn’t see their owners’ faces made it feel just another level of perverse. My first thought was: “Surely they can’t broadcast this?!” I dove for the remote to turn over but then, just held it in my hand lingering over the change channel button, as I stared at the screen transfixed.