Playing gay in the golden age of British TV. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stephen Bourne ; foreword by Mark Gatiss.
• Authors: Bourne, Stephen, 1957 October 31
• Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by Mark Gatiss; Foreword by Russell T Davies; Acknowledgements; Author's Note; The Golden Age of British Television; Preface; Out of the Archives; Part 1: 1930s to 1950s; 1 Homosexuality, the Law and the Birth of Television; 2 Douglas Byng and Auntie; 3 Patrick Hamilton's Rope; 4 Stephen Harrison and Edward II; 5 Post-War Television and Law Reform; 6 Peter Wyngarde and South; Part 2: 1960s; 7 On Trial; 8 Ena Sharples' Father; 9 John Hopkins and Z Cars ('Somebody ... Help'); 10 The Wednesday Play; 11 The Wednesday Play That Got Away 12 Meanwhile, on the 'Other Side' (ITV)13 Soap Gets in Your Eyes; Part 3: 1970s; 14 A Handful of Ridiculed Gesticulations; 15 Early 1970s Drama; 16 Roll on Four O'Clock and Penda's Fen; 17 Upstairs, Downstairs; 18 At Home with Larry Grayson?; 19 The Naked Civil Servant; 20 The Year of the Big Flood; 21 Schuman's Follies; 22 Burgess, Blasphemy and Bennett; 23 Play for Today: Coming Out; 24 Only Connect; Part 4: 1980s; 25 Drew Griffiths and Something for the Boys; 26 And the Winner is ...; 27 Auntie's Dramas; 28 EastEnders; 29 Two of Us; 30 Are We Being Served?; Appendix; Bibliography
• Publisher Details: Gloucestershire : The History Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 791.45653; Homosexuality on television; Television programs -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Homosexuality on television; Television programs; Great Britain; Electronic books; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780750993630; 0750993634
• Related ISBNs: 0750990139; 9780750990134
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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