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Airdate: Male Hookers Uncovered

The latest doco in ABC2's naughty Friday night profiles UK escort Jeff Leach.

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The latest doco in ABC2’s naughty Friday night is Male Hookers Uncovered, profiling UK escort Jeff Leach.

Like most men looking to make a bit of extra cash, Jeff Leach has heard all about the modern-day male escort; getting paid vast amounts of money to be wined, dined and sleep with wealthy women sounds like the perfect job. But what is the reality behind this seemingly dream job?

Male Hookers Uncovered is a fearless investigation into the realities of the male escort business that pushes the authored documentary genre to a new level as Jeff joins the industry – for real.

On his journey he meets self-styled ‘happy male hookers’, and the punters keeping them in business. He also discovers that all might not be as it seems with bogus agencies set up to fleece joining fees from cash-strapped young men, the psychological repercussions of working in the industry, women ‘purchasing’ men as an act of empowerment, and the harsh realities of life being treated as nothing more than a sex object.

Jeff is on a mission to find out the reality behind the headlines but is he willing to go ‘all the way’ to find out the truth?

9:30pm Friday, 24 August ABC2.

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  1. This programme is such an eye opener. I have respect for the sex workers, and I understand how valuable their presence is to the community, especially in a disabled person’s live.
    I have been living with an impotent husband since (arranged) marriage for 14 years, never had any sex with him, we have a 6 year old IVF child. I have been living without sex for years, never dared to go to a male prostitute. I earn lots of money, take care of the family as the sole earner, but I can’t dare to spend my own money to keep myself ‘sane’ (I wish I was in Netherland). Where a disabled person can manage to have sex, I can’t (my child needs smooth upbringing, so no naughty stuff). I will probably have terrible regret when I am 50, which is not far off. But these programmes bring out the rebel inside me. It is such an eye opener, there should be more programmes like this, I feel liberated, whether I will have the strength to exercise that liberty is totally different game, I am sure lots of women have the same feelings day-in & day-out. But no one needs to know, it is just my life, so what it is getting wasted!

  3. SBS One’s naughty nights are now much later on Thursday nights. But ABC2’s Sunday Best managed to get Hot Docs axed, so maybe SBS’ naughty nights are numbered?

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