The 1970s were a kind of Golden Era for the British television and film industries. While Hammer, Ealing and Amicus rose to prominence, BBC, ITV and Thames cornered the market on comedies, dramas and police procedurals. There was no shortage of risque content either; the Carry On gang were at the height of their game, Benny Hill was elevating farce to the level of an artform and the hottest part of The Sun was Page Three. Virtually every TV series produced after 1969 incorporated gratuitous panty shots, unexpected stripteases, wardrobe "malfunctions" and full-figure lingerie scenes.
Sid cops an eyeful in Bless This House.
As
the decade progressed, the studios' costume departments kept pace with
the fashion industry, especially where the actresses' underwear was
concerned. Female cast members wore floral bras and briefs during the
early seventies, eventually giving way to gauzy French intimates towards
the Eighties. It's interesting to note that this obsession with the
bare essentials wasn't confined to rom-coms and variety shows; "dolly
birds" turned up in productions as disparate as UFO, The Sweeney and The Professionals.
From: Carry On Abroad, Carry on Loving and Doctor in Trouble.
George Layton cops an eyeful in Doctor at Large.
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