Gay Britannia: Celebrating Pride in the UK Audiobook (Free)
- Simon Callow, Stephen Fry, Graham Norton, Alan Carr, Sandi Toksvig, Susan Calman, Ben Hunte, Shahidha Bari
- 5 h 28 min
- BBC Worldwide Ltd
- 2019-06-20
Summary:
A assortment of insightful interviews, documentaries and comedy that celebrates LGBTQ+ in Britain, publishing to coincide with the 50th Anniversary from the Stonewallriots.
The Ben Hunte Interviews: Presenter and journalist Ben Hunte interviews his LGBTQ heroes about their unforgettable gay occasions. Guests consist of Paul O’Grady, Stephen K Amos, Peter Tatchell, Ruth Hunt (CEO of Stonewall), Stephanie Hirst, Youtuber Calum McSwiggan.
The Article: The Love That Wrote Its Name: Simon Callow, Stella about Homosexual Britannia: Celebrating Pride in the UK Duffy, Gregory Woods, Neel Mukherjee and Louise Welsh explore and celebrate five gay relationships of writers and artists.
Queer Icons: Plato’s Symposium: Shahidha Bari discusses LGBTQ in the history of philosophy.
Who Decides if Gay is OK?: What caused decriminalisation in the UK and why has it not occurred in Zambia, which generally inherited the Uk legal system?
Highlights from Entrance Row’s Queer Icons task: Celebrating LGBTQ culture through the poetry of Sappho to the music of Frank Ocean, guests are asked to champ a piece of LGBTQ artwork that is special to them. Offered by Alan Carr, with guests including Mary Portas, Olly Alexander, Christine and the Queens, Stella Duffy, and the Oscar-winning writer of Moonlight, Tarell Alvin McCraney.
Happy That Method: Special compilation programme manufactured in 2017 celebrating the best out and very pleased BBC Radio comedy from days gone by five years. Features Susan Calman, Graham Norton, Stephen Fry, Sue Perkins, Al Porter, Mae Martin, Stephen K Amos, Suzi Ruffell, Paul Sinha and Sandi Toksvig.
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