The Naked Village – review: the hopes and fears of a nudist colony laid bare | Television & radio | The Guardian

The Naked Village – review: the hopes and fears of a nudist colony laid bare | Television & radio | The Guardian



The Naked Village – review: the hopes and fears of a nudist colony laid bare | Television & radio | The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/dec/12/the-naked-village-hopes-and-fears-nudist-colony-laid-bare



"Four miles outside St Albans town centre is a place called Spielplatz. One of the last remaining nudist resorts in Britain, it opened 90 years ago and staggers on under threat from developers, slowly falling into disrepair. In The Naked Village (More4), a film crew trod carefully around its 50 permanent residents hoping to observe a vanishing way of life. But what began as a film about nudism quickly became a melancholy document of a people terrified of progress. It’s a place trapped in time rather than ideology. The naturists pride themselves on the lack of change within the Spielplatz walls, to the point where roof tiles and paintwork themselves are being stripped away to reveal the raw, rotting framework underneath."