Queer as Art
A celebration of the LGBTQ community's contribution to the arts in Britain. Featuring interviews with leading figures from right across the arts in Britain.
Hour-long documentary celebrating the LGBTQ contribution to the arts in Britain in the 50 years since decriminalisation. This film is part of the Gay Britannia season of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ programming to mark the 50th anniversary celebrations.
The film features interviews with leading figures from right across the arts in Britain, including Stephen Fry, David Hockney, Sir Antony Sher, Alan Cumming, Sandi Toksvig, Jeanette Winterson, Will Young and Alan Hollinghurst, and it explores the distinctive perspectives and voices that LGBT artists have brought to British cultural life.
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What was it like to come out in the 1960s?
Duration: 00:43
Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:09The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Stone Free
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00:10Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Dali's Car
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00:11The Tornados
Do You Come Here Often?
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00:13Dusty Springfield
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
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00:13The Who
I Can't Explain
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00:15David Bowie
Queen B****
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00:17T. Rex
Mad Donna
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00:18David Bowie
Queen B****
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00:20David Bowie
Boys Keep Swinging
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00:22Barbra Streisand
Don't Rain On My Parade
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00:23Judy Garland, Herbert Stothart
Wizard of Oz
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00:24Yma Sumac
Gopher
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00:25Yma Sumac
Bo Mambo
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00:31Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Relax
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00:35Erasure
Sometimes
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00:36The Communards
Don't Leave Me This Way (feat. Sarah Jane Morris)
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00:38Bob Carter, Wham!
Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)
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00:40Prefab Sprout
The King of Rock 'N' Roll
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00:40Julee Cruise
Floating
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00:43Elbow
Starlings
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00:44Bugge Wesseltoft & DJ Maestro
Yellow Is The Colour
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00:54Will Young
Evergreen
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00:56Will Young
Anything is Possible
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00:57Sam Smith
Stay With Me
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00:57Years & Years
Shine
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00:58Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Two Tribes
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Interviewed Guest | Simon Napier-Bell |
| Interviewed Guest | Andy Bell |
| Interviewed Guest | Val McDermid |
| Interviewed Guest | Maggi Hambling |
| Interviewed Guest | Alan Hollinghurst |
| Interviewed Guest | Wayne Sleep |
| Interviewed Guest | Nick Grimshaw |
| Interviewed Guest | Jon Savage |
| Interviewed Guest | Russell T Davies |
| Interviewed Guest | Richard Coles |
| Interviewed Guest | Sarah Waters |
| Interviewed Guest | Alan Cumming |
| Interviewed Guest | Stephen Fry |
| Interviewed Guest | Jeanette Winterson |
| Interviewed Guest | Holly Johnson |
| Interviewed Guest | Antony Sher |
| Interviewed Guest | Gregory Doran |
| Interviewed Guest | Isaac Julien |
| Interviewed Guest | Julie Goodyear |
| Interviewed Guest | Asifa Lahore |
| Interviewed Guest | Will Young |
| Interviewed Guest | David Hockney |
| Interviewed Guest | Sandi Toksvig |
| Director | James House |
| Executive Producer | Neil Crombie |
| Executive Producer | Joe Evans |
| Production Company | Swan Films |
Broadcasts
Sat 29 Jul 2017 21:00- Tue 1 Aug 2017 23:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland
- Wed 16 Aug 2017 01:35
- Tue 14 Jun 2022 22:30
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Gay Britannia
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Gay Britannia Season
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