The television set – the humble box in the corner of almost every British household – has brought about some of the biggest social changes in modern times. It gives us a window into the lives of people who are different from us: different classes, different races, different sexualities. And through this window, we've learnt that, perhaps, we're not so different after all. Playing Gay in the Golden Age of British TV looks at gay male representation on and off the small screen – from the programmes that hinted at homoeroticism to Mary Whitehouse's Clean Up TV campaign, and The Naked Civil Servant to the birth of Channel 4 as an exciting 'alternative' television channel. Here, acclaimed social historian Stephen Bourne tells the story of the innovation, experimentation, back-tracking and bravery that led British television to help change society for the better.
Black Poppies: The Story of Britain's Black Community in the First World War
Stephen Bourne
book
Evelyn Dove: Britain’s Black Cabaret Queen
Stephen Bourne
audiobook
Trailblazers of Black British Theatre : From Ira Aldridge to Cleo Laine
Stephen Bourne
book
Under Fire : Black Britain in Wartime 1939–45
Stephen Bourne
book
Black Poppies : Britain's Black Community and the Great War
Stephen Bourne
book
The Motherland Calls : Britain's Black Servicemen and Women 1939-45
Stephen Bourne
book
Mother Country : Britain's Black Community on the Home Front, 1939-45
Stephen Bourne
book