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Your Body: Your Image

Your Body: Your Image: Episode 3: Hideous Histories

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Hideous Histories

Episode 3

Episode 3: Hideous Histories

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A look back at the history of body image ideals - not just a 21st-century obsession.

Five films looking at body image. Presented by a group of four female comedians in their twenties, this episode offers a historical perspective on body image ideals.

This episode offers a historical perspective on body image ideals. By exploring the humorous and extreme examples of the past, the film aims to put body image ideals into context, thereby questioning contemporary fads and trends.

The programme is presented by a group of four female comedians in their twenties and demonstrates that body image is not just a 21st-century obsession.

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Busting body image myths and investigating the commercialisation of body image ideals.

A specially commissioned series of films for KS3 that busts body image myths and investigates the commercialisation of body image ideals, promoting debate in the classroom

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