- Title: Forbidden Fruit
- Date: 5th October 1993
- Summary: ALTHOUGH IT IS SHOWN NIGHTLY IN PARIS AND IS READLY AVAILABLE ALL OVER EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA ON VIDEO, IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE TO SHOW THE FILM A CLOCKWORK ORANGE IN THIS COUNTRY. IT HAS NOT BEEN SEEN HERE SINCE STANLEY KUBRICK BANNED IT OVER TWENTY YEARS AGO. FORBIDDEN FRUIT EXAMINES THE ENDURING POWER OF THE FILM. DESPITE MANY ATTEMPTS TO BURY IT, IT STUBBORNLY REFUSES TO ROLL OVER AND DIE. IT HAS BECOME A LEGEND, CULT STATUS, FOLK DEVIL, MEDIA SENSATION AND BYWORD FOR CONTEMPORARY VIOLENCE. BUT IS IT RIGHT TO BAN A GREAT FILM BECAUSE OF ITS EFFECT ON A HANDFUL OF CONFUSED SOULS? IN WITHOUT WALLS TONY PARSONS LOOKS BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE FILM THAT TOUCHED PARTS OF THE BRITISH PSYCHE THAT OTHER FILMS HAVE NEVER REACHED AND ARGUES THAT ITS BAN SAYS MORE ABOUT BRITAIN THAN IT DOES ABOUT A CLOCKWORK ORANGE.
- Description:FOR WITHOUT WALLS: CLOCKWORK ORANGE HAS BEEN BANNED IN BRITAIN SINCE IT WAS MADE. WE SHOW IT AND DISCUSS ITS SIGNIFICANCE ON THE GROUNDS OF FAIR DEALING.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:FABULA FILMS
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:05/10/1993
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s