On 4th November 1985, the UK’s BBC2 broadcast “A Plague on You: AIDS, the Media and the Truth” as one of it’s ‘Open Space’ programmes. Open Space was a weekly series “which involves the public in making, shaping or influencing programmes on issues … Continue reading →
Two of Us was commissioned by the BBC in 1986 as part of its Scene TV series for schools and sixth form colleges. But the plans were quickly derailed by the increasingly rabid homophobia generated to justify Section 28. The … Continue reading →
Section 28 of the Local Government Act passed into law on May 24th 1988. But Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government had under-estimated our communities’ determination to resist this legislation at every possible opportunity. And so it was that, at 6 p.m. … Continue reading →
This episode of London Weekend Television’s ground-breaking Gay Life series is a remarkably intelligent, non-sensational exploration of gay male sexuality.[Click here to watch]. A variety of gay men give their opinions on issues ranging from anonymous sex to monogamy and … Continue reading →
What Am I? was a television documentary looking at the plight of transgender people living in the UK in 1980. It was produced in response to a case going through the European Court of Human Rights at the time. This … Continue reading →