Secret Knowledge — Season 1, Episode 23: A Very British Pornographer: The Jack Kahane Story
Documentary • 30 min • 1 season, 21 episodes
Episode synopsis
Neil Pearson looks at the life of Jack Kahane, who combined a career selling low-grade smut with publishing some of the most significant works of avant-garde literature.
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More episodes from Season 1
- E1The Kimbolton Cabinet
- E2The Art of the Vikings
- E3Bolsover Castle
- E4Walter Scott’s Castle
- E5Stradivarius and Me
- E7The Art of Witchcraft
- E8The Hidden Jewels of the Cheapside Hoard
- E9Tracey Emin on Louise Bourgeois - Women Without Secrets
- E10Castiglione - Rogue Genius of the Baroque
- E11Hogarth - One Man and His Pug
- E12The Russian Revolutionary: Zaha Hadid on Kazimir Malevich
- E13The Living Mountain: A Cairngorms Journey