Judging by its title, Channel 4’s Sex Tape looks gratuitous and titillating, but turns out to be more gruelling: for most of the hour’s running time it’s a tense shame-clench. Meanwhile, the other case in Sex on the Couch’s opening episode – Tanika and Rianna, who have mismatched libidos – ends in a tearful, but empowered, realisation that belies the show’s attention-grabbing title. Over three sessions, the professionals skilfully drill down to the underlying issues: the way Noor dismantles the complex vulnerabilities and shifting power imbalances behind Nick and Louisa’s dry spell is fascinating, not least because you can try to diagnose the malady before the paid expert does. Nick and Louisa are the first participants in Sex on the Couch (BBC One the box set is already on iPlayer), in which couples who have stalled sexually are assigned one of four therapists.
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