Wank Week looks at the 20-a-day men

Steve Busfield
Monday July 24, 2006
MediaGuardian.co.uk


Channel 4 has confirmed another show in its "Wank Week" season - a documentary about compulsive masturbators.
Independent producer Spun Gold has been commissioned to make the one-hour programme following two men trying to kick their habit.

The as-yet unnamed show is the second programme in the themed week to be unveiled, following MediaGuardian.co.uk's revelation last week that Channel 4 is to broadcast a documentary about a mass masturbation for charity, given the working title "Wank-a-thon".

One of the participants in the new show - who says he masturbates 20 times a day - has already been cast, but the producer is seeking a second male for the programme.

The compulsive masturbators will be filmed hearing about different ways to cut down, focusing particularly on methods used in the US.

The documentary has been commissioned by the Channel 4 head of entertainment, Andrew MacKenzie.

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Different ways to cut down?

Do you stop suddenly, wear a patch over 'one eye', or poke little holes in it?

Church school drops Imagine from concert

Press Association
Thursday July 20, 2006
The Guardian


A Church of England school dropped John Lennon's song Imagine from a concert because it was not felt to be "an appropriate song to perform publicly", it emerged yesterday.
Pupils at St Leonard's primary school in Exeter were planning to perform Imagine at a recent concert but it was replaced by another song after a teacher expressed concern.

Headteacher Geoff Williams said: "We are a church school and we believe God is the foundation of all we do. As such we did not feel that Imagine was an appropriate song to perform publicly." The lyrics of the song begin: "Imagine there's no heaven."

I always wondered how long it would take them to notice.