Following last week’s look at the best nudity from period movies with modern music, we’re shifting to the small screen to see which historically-set shows also have the dynamic duo of hot nude scenes and a contemporary soundtrack.
The big difference between film and television in this arena seems to be that the nudity and modern music tend not to overlap on the big screen while on TV it does, save for our first example, the Hulu series about the 18th century’s Catherine II of Russia.
The Great
During its three-season run, the show stayed true to its name and delivered some great skin, especially from Elle Fanning nude as the marvelous monarch herself. But it wasn’t until the end credits that our ears were treated to tracks like Primal Scream’s Movin’ On Up (which would be even greater in the background while ladies were strippin’ on down.)
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The Buccaneers
This Apple TV+ series may not have had its modern soundtrack playing over Aubri Ibrag’s brag-worthy bare butt in Episode 2 however, it does have Emily Koval’s haunting vocals from “These Waves” over a lesbian love scene with Josie Totah and Mia Threapleton — and the show’s not the only one to pair pop songs with saliva-swapping ladies.
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Dickinson
Another Apple TV+ series from a few years before, this comedy was full of Hailee Steinfeld and Ella Hunt getting horizontal, though we sadly never saw what was under those period undergarments. If they had, just like Charly Bliss, we would’ve been in “Heaven.”
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The Decameron
Luckily, this Nextflix series recently gave us the best of both worlds - a beautiful naked ass and a sapphic 14th-century sex scene- all set to The Jesus and Mary Chain’s “Just Like Honey.” Jessica Plummer revealed her plump rump in the show’s seventh episode while going bumper-to-bumper with Saoirse-Monica Jackson.
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Peaky Blinders
But if you’re looking for a regular ol’ flesh session with old-timey folks and new-timey music, this UK drama is where it’s at. In the second season, Charlotte Riley flashes some 19th-century funbag while we hear the very NOT 19th-century PJ Harvey while Annabelle Wallis does the same to Radiohead, probably just as the radio was being invented.
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