In The Best Possible Taste: New video clip (non-nude) - India de Beaufort in Kröd Mändoon

13 June 2009

New video clip (non-nude) - India de Beaufort in Kröd Mändoon

At the moment America seems to be as far as ahead of Britain when it comes to both actual nudity and non-nude titillation as it is in the general entertainment value of its TV output. Network TV, although subject to strict censorship that as good as forbids actual nudity, seldom misses the chance to throw in some gratuitous underwear moments from its invariably attractive female stars (check out, as a prime example, Eliza Dushku in Dollhouse - currently airing Tuesdays at 9.00 pm on the Sci-Fi Channel - who despite an executive producer credit appears to have a contractually obligatory scene in her skimpies in every episode). On the less tightly controlled cable channels meanwhile, Showtime and HBO seem to be attempting to outdo each other in the amount of smut they can put out.

No surprise then that a disproportionate chunk of the British-ish nudity that has made it to our screens in the last few years has come either in international co-productions which air on cable in the US and on the BBC here (Rome and The Tudors are the obvious examples) or else from UK stars who are earning a crust in the States (Jaime Murray in Dexter say). The latest of the co-productions is amusing sword-and-sorcery spoof Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire (dig those crazy heavy metal umlauts) which the Beeb shares with (the US) Comedy Central. Whilst not venturing into actual nudity, the opening episode featured an erotic dance from leading lady India de Beaufort which would never have made it into one of Auntie's homegrown comedies.

London girl India is rather lovely and her previous credits are a supporting role in Run Fatboy Run and a spell as one of Basil Brush's non-puppet sidekicks (children's TV has come a long way since the days of Mr Derek & Mr Roy). Cast as the hero's sexually adventurous girlfriend, she illustrated her character's personality - see it's art not titillation - by performing the Dance of the 300 Racoons which is well worth a look-see and capped here for your entertainment.