Simon Sheridan
Directing
Biography
Initially a writer and stage actor, Simon Sheridan began contributing to TV documentaries in the late-1990s. He published the biography of British actress and model, Mary Millington, in 1999, followed by six further books. Sheridan's debut movie 'Respectable - The Mary Millington Story' (which he wrote, directed and produced) was released in London in April 2016, and subsequently played on Netflix for three years. In October 2019 he released his second film 'Everything - The Real Thing Story', narrated by actor Jacob Anderson.
Known For
In the mid-1960s, the British film industry was in danger and unable to compete with the rise of television. Therefore, in order to survive, distributors decided to offer viewers something that television could not: sex. The story of the intrepid filmmakers and actors who transformed British cinema.
Saucy! Secrets of the British Sex Comedy
Dubbed 'the black Beatles' by the British tabloids, the 'other' four lads from Liverpool recount their incredible story from the tough streets of Toxteth to the bright lights of New York – a journey of international stardom as Britain's pioneering million-selling soul and funk band.
Everything: The Real Thing Story
Documentary chronicling the extraordinary life and tragic death of Mary Millington - Britain's most famous pornographic actress of the 1970s.
Respectable: The Mary Millington Story
Channel 4 documentary charting the meteoric rise and equally swift decline of Mary Millington, the girl-next-door who became one of the most famous porn stars of the 1970s.
Sex and Fame: The Mary Millington Story
Veteran British filmmaker Pete Walker remembers the female stars of his 1970s' horror films.
Walker's Women
An in-depth interview with Josie Harrison Marks, conducted on her brass bed in Kent. Josie recalls growing up as the daughter of legendary pornographer George Harrison Marks, and working on the infamous 1977 movie 'Come Play with Me', which starred the late Mary Millington.