The Dark Side Of Porn (2006)

Channel 4 presents a season of documentaries exploring the dark reality of the adult film industry.
When porn actor Darren James was diagnosed HIV Positive in early 2004, the American porn industry ground to a halt as a 60-day shutdown was declared. Porn Shutdown is a candid and heart-rending film about a time of panic and recrimination in an isolated community.

Episode 1
Following the personal journeys of newcomers embarking on a career in adult entertainment. From the initial approach to a glamour agency, to the first photo shoot and HIV test, Diary of a Porn Virgin uncovers the motivations and moral dilemmas faced along the way.

Episode 2
Debbie Does Dallas is one of the highest grossing porn films of all time,but it has left a multitude of unanswered questions in its wake. Who
made all the money? What became of the cast members? And what reallyhappened to the film's star, Bambi Woods? A story of organised crime,
suicide, murder, a huge undercover FBI sting and several unexplaineddisappearances.

Episode 3 :

Concluding The Dark Side of Porn season. In March 2000 porn star LoloFerrari was found dead, apparently of a drugs overdose. Suicide was
blamed, but her mother refused to accept the verdict and two yearslater was granted a second autopsy. Featuring candid interviews with
Lola's mother, her plastic surgeon and her husband, this is a story of fame, prostitution, hardcore pornography and, possibly, murder.

Episode 4 :
This episode examines what is going on in the British sex industry, where new male actors are lining up to do a job without getting paid.