Preaching to the Perverted

Preaching to the Perverted is a 1997 British comedy film written and directed by Stuart Urban. The film stars Guinevere Turner as Tanya Cheex, a New York dominatrix. Tom Bell plays Henry Harding MP and Christien Anholt plays Peter Emery. In addition, several well-known BDSM performance artists appear: Chaos Clowns Luci the Axle Grinder, also known as "Lucifire" Miss Kimberly The Fetisnonn Suzi Woodroffe Tutu The film was originally developed by the BBC, but they later dropped the script, believing it would never be suitable for broadcast on UK TV. However, in April 2004 the movie was shown on terrestrial TV in the UK on BBC One. The film was banned in Ireland by then film censor Sheamus Smith. In 2013 the film became the first European feature film to be restored and remastered on crowd-funding site Kickstarter by its fans. The remastered Blu-ray became available in August 2013. The film also inspired the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Show "Darkest Fantasy", based on the character Tanya's wedding fantasy.