
On March 3rd, the BBC show Horizon aired an episode titled "What's the Problem with Nudity?"
The show is very interesting. It takes 8 volunteers who have never been nude in public and

The show also explores why we are the only "nude" mammal. They try to answer why humans lost their fur and when. Apparently being nude has given us a tremendous evolutionary advantage. They also theorize on why we kept hair in a few areas. They report on a study which, by analyzing Lice, estimates when we lost our fur and when we began wearing clothing. Another segment talks about how we determine the gender of other people without necessarily looking at genitals.

Yet in the end, the volunteers are so comfortable with nudity that the organizers actually sound surprised by how quickly and easily 8 strangers became comfortable being nude together. The narrator remarks that "despite the potential for embarrassment, our subjects seem to be enjoying themselves."
In the final nude wine & cheese reception, the volunteers appear almost as comfortable with

The episode website:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00j0hnm
A write-up about the show:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7915369.stm
The show can't be viewed online through the BBC. It is restricted to UK residents only. However, I found it on another website:
http://www.ninjavideo.net/video/19673