Melvyn Bragg once challenged the wild director Ken Russell to make a film so offensive even Russell would have it banned. He obliged
If your Christmas cheer is ever crying out for a short, sharp course-correction, look no further than Ken Russell’s last completed film, merrily entitled A Kitten for Hitler. This eight-minute-long skit, which Russell made for about £10,000, premiered on the website Comedybox.tv in July 2007 – the same year in which the 80-year-old Russell had briefly shown up on Celebrity Big Brother, but walked out of the house after an altercation with Jade Goody.
