Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterQueer as Folk creator Russell T Davies has written a brand new TV series for the UK’s BBC 1 who have just released a first preview prior to its launch later this year. Called Years and Years the six part drama series which follows the Lyons family in Manchester and their tumultuous life across … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterLike most Brits we always had a great deal of affection for Queen Elizabeth’s younger sister Princess Margaret which started at our Protestant kindergarten (many many years ago) when we were all asked to pray for her. Not that we understood what it meant but we were told it was because she had decided … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIn 1995 the UK National broadcast the august BBC launched the country’s very first all gay TV show. Gaytime TV was a late night comedy and lifestyle magazine that naturally was completely groundbreaking at the time, and although they managed to secure excellent guests like Harvey Fierstein and Martina Navratilova for the very first … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterNothing Like a Dame ☆☆☆☆☆ What a wonderful change for a Saturday night in front of the TV in the UK, Ladies in Lavender with Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, and great eye candy Daniel Brühl, but the main event is the 90 min documentary, directed by Roger Michell of Notting Hill fame. It is about four … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe political scandal of the 1970’s when Jeremy Thorpe the Leader of British Political Party went on trial for planning to kill his younger lover Norman Scott seems relatively tame compared to the outrageous shenanigans of today’s politicians. However, at the time, it threatened the very existence of the Liberal Party that Thorpe had successfully transformed into … Continue reading
