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The 10 Most Sexually Explicit TV Shows Ever Aired

Say what you like about 2016, there was no shortage of bare skin on the telly. Maybe we needed the distraction. With high-end escort drama The Girlfriend Experience getting its debut series, reality porn contest The Sex Factor having launching this week, and 17th century sex-fest Versailles getting pulses throbbing, what better excuse to ogle the 10 rudest ever TV shows?

Start from the beginning

Black Sails

Air date: History Channel, 2014-present

This period pirate adventure romp, set in the Bahamas and exec-produced by Michael Bay, is a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island and is such a hit in the US that seasons two, three and four were commissioned while the first run was still on-air. Brit Toby Stephens stars as Captain Flint but Black Sails’ scenes get stolen by the copious boobs, sex and arrrrrrrr-ses. In one memorable moment, it turns out that the infamous “Black Beard” is a woman named after her pubic hair.