Gays on TV - Retro Classics from the 70's & 80's

Join us for a double dose of documentary gems for last century and a chance to meet the original participants:


WORLD IN ACTION - COMING OUT IN NEWPORT PAGNELL
A retro relic from the ITV archive – unseen since 1975. (25min)

Growing up gay in Newport Pagnell in 1975 wasn’t easy. Especially when DJ Jimmy Saville came to town to make a radio show on the issue of being openly queer. Gay issues... [read more]

Join us for a double dose of documentary gems for last century and a chance to meet the original participants:


WORLD IN ACTION - COMING OUT IN NEWPORT PAGNELL
A retro relic from the ITV archive – unseen since 1975. (25min)

Growing up gay in Newport Pagnell in 1975 wasn’t easy. Especially when DJ Jimmy Saville came to town to make a radio show on the issue of being openly queer. Gay issues were rarely discussed or shown anywhere in the mainsteam media in the 1970′s and this film follows the story of a local gay rights group, their bizarre brush with Saville and the fall out from their frank and honest radio broadcast.

The star of the film is outspoken and courageous Veronica Pickles a midwife who is fearless about being out in small town Buckinghamshire (or on National TV) but faces unexpected consequences when the radio show is broadcast.

**Veronica will be joining us for a Q&A following the film.


AND

FRAMED YOUTH - THE REVENGE OF THE TEENAGE PERVERTS

A maverick treat from the early days of C4. One of the great gay films of the ’80′s (45min)

In the early 1980′s queers were moving away from trusting the likes of Jimmy Saville to tell their stories on television, and Framed Youth was the pioneering film of this revolution!

Framed Youth frankly explores the lives and love of gay teenagers, who film and edit themselves with mischief, honesty and no pretentious.

Featuring Jimmy Somerville , Richard Coles, Isaac Julien and a healthy dose of 1980s nostalgia. Framed Youth won the Grierson Award for best documentary at the 1983 Baftas.

** Rev'd Richard Coles, Formally of the Communards & Director Julian Cole will be joining us for a post screening Q&A

Copy and paste a Youtube link below submit

Copy and paste a Slideshare link below submit