In a year when physical intimacy was a rarity for many people, TV helped to fill the gap – with a series of vivid and very real sex scenes in shows such as Normal People. 

“In a year of lockdowns, TV sex was a lifeline for intimacy"

Under Her Eye

 You are getting so intensely into other people’s sex lives but you are not really having any of your own. 

There was this feeling of watching something that you can’t have. 

Stylist Daily

Providing the visceral sense of lust so many of us are missing in real life. 

“In a year of lockdowns, TV sex scenes became our lifeline for intimacy and sexual realism”