The Holy Family Album

British documentary

The Holy Family Album is a television documentary written and narrated by Angela Carter. It was directed by Jo Ann Kaplan and produced by John Ellis at Large Door Productions, London, UK. It was broadcast on the UK's Channel 4 on 3 December 1991 as part of the Without Walls series, commissioned by Waldemar Januszczak.

The documentary treats representations of Christ in Western art as if they are photographs in God's photo album. According to John Ellis, the programme "caused considerable controversy", and was criticised in an editorial in The Times even before it was transmitted. The programme was featured in Channel 4's review programme Right to Reply and a complaint to the Broadcasting Standards Council was not upheld. It has not been retransmitted or published since Angela Carter's death in 1992.

## References

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* Charlotte Crofts (2003) Anagrams of Desire: Angela Carter's Writings for Radio, Film and Television (London: Chatto & Windus), pp. 168–193.
* Caleb Sivyer (2021) 'Nothing Immune: Ludics and Laughter in The Holy Family Album, in Jennifer Gustar, Caleb Sivyer and Sarah Gamble, eds., Ludics and Laughter as Feminist Aesthetics: Angela Carter at Play (Sussex Academic Press, 2021), pp. 157-185.

## External links

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* Link to 'Holy Family Album' on Vimeo

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Works by Angela Carter

Novels|

* Shadow Dance
* The Magic Toyshop
* Several Perceptions
* Heroes and Villains
* Love
* The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
* The Passion of New Eve
* Nights at the Circus
* Wise Children

Short fiction|

* Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces
* The Bloody Chamber
* Black Venus
* American Ghosts and Old World Wonders
* Burning Your Boats

Dramatic works|

* The Curious Room
* The Holy Family Album

Children's books|

* The Donkey Prince
* Comic and Curious Cats

Non-fiction|

* The Sadeian Woman and the Ideology of Pornography

Film adaptations|

* The Company of Wolves
* The Magic Toyshop

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* Anagrams of Desire

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