Network
Channel 5
The Centrefolds That Changed The World (Channel 5) is a revealing documentary that charts the evolution of Playboy’s most iconic feature, the centrefold, and its seismic impact on culture, celebrity, and sexuality. Through archive footage and exclusive interviews, the film explores how Playboy redefined glamour, helped launch household names, and sold a fantasy to millions.
But in the wake of Hugh Hefner’s death, a more complex and often troubling legacy has come into focus. This documentary offers a fresh, timely perspective on the brand’s influence, from liberation and empowerment to exploitation and control, and asks whether the women who became global symbols of desire were ever truly in charge of their own stories.