Personal Services (1987 Terry Jones)

This was indeed one of four films banned in Ireland, of which Terry directed three! (Life of Brian and Meaning of Life were the other two. All long since lifted.) It's quite funny.

Julie Walters is terrific (e.g. scene where her father turns up at the brothel). She was BAFTA nominated as was David Leland, who wrote it loosely around the life of Cynthia Payne, and it's portrayed as an accommodating critique of ageing, kinky chaps who aren't doing any harm in a hypocritical society (heavily underlined in closing showing a room full of the male characters as judges). Shirley Stelfox (mainly on TV) and Alec McCowen good too.

Roger Deakins shot and operated his own camera.