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Addicted to Pleasure

Show Info

  • Status: Returning Series
  • First Aired: November 25, 2012
  • Seasons: 1
  • Episodes: 4
  • Networks: BBC One
  • Genres: Documentary

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Addicted to Pleasure(2012)

TMDB Rating: 0.0 (1 votes)

Overview

Actor Brian Cox reveals the rich and controversial past of sugar, alcohol, tobacco and opium to uncover how the commercial exploitation of these products hooked the world.

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Season 1

4 episodes • 2012

#EpisodeAir DateRating
1SugarNov 25, 20120.0
2OpiumDec 3, 20120.0
3TobaccoDec 10, 20120.0
4WhiskyDec 17, 20120.0

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