Britain's Great Gay Buildings
- Director: Matt Reid
- Producer: Bella Lloyd; Matt Reid
CGiii Comment
You would think they could have come up with a better title!
Each building has much more to say than is given...it's a cursory trek through a history that should be told...in detail.
In other words, it's cheap TV...rather surprising as to Mr Fry's participation!
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The(ir) Blurb...
In Britain’s Great Gay Buildings, presented by Stephen Fry, 7 famous gay faces champion the buildings that have helped define Britain’s gay history, revealing the groundbreaking events that happened in them and extraordinary people who lived and worked in them . The Reverend Richard Cole revisits Heaven Nightclub after many years to reveal its hedonistic past, Mary Portas visits Shibden Hall in Yorkshire to discover the secret diaries of a Yorkshire heiress, Craig Revel Horwood revels in the story of Britain’s drag scene at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, Simon Callow tells the story of Oscar Wilde’s downfall at the Old Bailey, Rikki Beadle Blair visits the Theatre Royal Haymarket to discover how the British public showed their support for Sir John Gielgud after his arrest for cottaging, Liz Carr travels to Bletchley Park to visit the place that fostered one of Britain’s greatest scientists Alan Turing and Lord Waheed Alli tells the story of the Houses of Parliament’s recent battle for gay rights.
Cast & Characters
Waheed Alli as Himself;
Rikki Beadle Blair as Himself;
Simon Callow as Himself;
Liz Carr as Herself;
Richard Coles as Himself;
Stephen Fry as Himself - Presenter;
Craig Revel Horwood as Himself;
Mary Portas as Herself