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- London
- Wales
- South West
- Scotland
- North
- Midlands
- Northern Ireland
AK Bell Library
15/02/2018
- 15/02/2018
Perth
Arts Picturehouse
22/08/2017
- 22/08/2017
Cambridge
Ashford Gay Group
16/12/2017
- 16/12/2017
Aylesbury High School
19/04/2018
- 19/04/2018
Aylesbury
Barbican Centre
19/08/2017
- 19/08/2017
City of London,
London
Basingstoke Discovery Centre
17/02/2018
- 17/02/2018
Basingstoke
Bedford Central Library
27/02/2018
- 27/02/2018
Bedford
Behind The Lines
03/10/2017
- 03/10/2017
Hove
BFI Southbank
17/07/2017
- 17/07/2017
Lambeth,
London
BFI Southbank
27/06/2017
- 27/06/2017
Lambeth,
London
Body Positive
23/02/2018
- 24/02/2018
Crewe
Chapter
25/08/2017
- 30/08/2017
Excluded Dates: 26, 27, 29
Cardiff
Christian Aid Sexuality Network
19/07/2018
- 19/07/2018
London
Cine-Sister CIC
05/07/2019
- 05/07/2019
Peterborough
Cleethorpes Library
06/06/2018
- 06/06/2018
Cleethorpes
Curzon Cinema & Arts
01/10/2017
- 01/10/2017
Clevedon
Depot
08/02/2019
- 14/02/2019
Lewes
Dorset History Centre
22/02/2018
- 22/02/2018
Dorchester
Ealing Libraries
18/02/2020
- 18/02/2020
Ealing
Eden Court Theatre
19/08/2017
- 20/08/2017
Films at Shadforth
24/09/2017
- 24/09/2017
Shadforth
Friends of The National Archives
13/06/2018
- 13/06/2018
Richmond
Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest
18/11/2017
- 18/11/2017
Hackney,
London
Gosport Discovery Centre
21/02/2018
- 21/02/2018
Gosport
Gosport Discovery Centre
15/02/2018
- 15/02/2018
Gosport
Gosport Discovery Centre
20/02/2018
- 20/02/2018
Gosport
Hebden Bridge Picture House
08/08/2017
- 08/08/2017
Hebden Bridge
Hull Independent Cinema
25/07/2017
- 25/07/2017
Into Film Festival
17/11/2017
- 17/11/2017
London
Islington Museum
08/02/2018
- 08/02/2018
London
JW3
07/11/2017
- 07/11/2017
Camden,
London
L Fest
23/07/2017
- 23/07/2017
Loughborough
Leeds Queer Film Festival
16/09/2017
- 16/09/2017
Leeds
Levflix
19/08/2018
- 19/08/2018
Manchester
Ludlow Assembly Rooms
16/06/2018
- 16/06/2018
Ludlow
National Library of Scotland
14/02/2018
- 14/02/2018
Glasgow
National Maritime Museum Cornwall
14/02/2018
- 14/02/2018
Falmouth
Northampton Filmhouse
21/10/2017
- 21/10/2017
Northampton
Ofcom
09/11/2017
- 09/11/2017
London
Oswestry Film Society
18/10/2017
- 18/10/2017
Oswestry
Perton Library
14/02/2018
- 14/02/2018
Perton
Queen's Film Theatre
16/08/2017
- 16/08/2017
Belfast
Reading Central Library
24/02/2018
- 24/02/2018
Reading
Screen 84
03/11/2017
- 03/11/2017
London
Senate House Library
08/05/2018
- 08/05/2018
London
Sheffield Central Library
21/02/2018
- 21/02/2018
Sheffield
Somerset Film
17/05/2018
- 17/05/2018
Bridgwater
South Gloucestershire Council
05/02/2018
- 05/02/2018
Yate
South Yardley Library
21/02/2019
- 21/02/2019
Birmingham
Surrey Heritage
22/02/2018
- 22/02/2018
Woking
Swansea Central Library
24/02/2018
- 24/02/2018
Swansea
The Diversity Trust
25/02/2018
- 25/02/2018
Yate
The Diversity Trust
20/05/2018
- 20/05/2018
Yate
The Dukes
05/09/2017
- 05/09/2017
Lancaster
The Forum (Hexham)
23/03/2019
- 23/03/2019
Hexham
The Harris
05/02/2020
- 05/02/2020
Preston
The Keep Archives
29/02/2020
- 29/02/2020
Brighton
The Lexi Cinema
30/07/2017
- 02/08/2017
Excluded Dates: 31,1
Brent,
London
The Showroom (Gallery)
26/09/2017
- 26/09/2017
London
Theatr Clwyd
06/09/2017
- 06/09/2017
Mold
Vision Redbridge Culture and Leisure
14/02/2018
- 14/02/2018
Ilford
Walkley Community Centre
10/02/2018
- 10/02/2018
Sheffield
Waltham Library
13/07/2018
- 13/07/2018
Waltham
Winchester Discovery Centre
15/02/2018
- 15/02/2018
Winchester
AK Bell Library
15/02/2018
- 15/02/2018
Perth
Ashford Gay Group
16/12/2017
- 16/12/2017
Aylesbury High School
19/04/2018
- 19/04/2018
Aylesbury
Basingstoke Discovery Centre
17/02/2018
- 17/02/2018
Basingstoke
Bedford Central Library
27/02/2018
- 27/02/2018
Bedford
Behind The Lines
03/10/2017
- 03/10/2017
Hove
Body Positive
23/02/2018
- 24/02/2018
Crewe
Christian Aid Sexuality Network
19/07/2018
- 19/07/2018
London
Cleethorpes Library
06/06/2018
- 06/06/2018
Cleethorpes
Dorset History Centre
22/02/2018
- 22/02/2018
Dorchester
Ealing Libraries
18/02/2020
- 18/02/2020
Ealing
Films at Shadforth
24/09/2017
- 24/09/2017
Shadforth
Friends of The National Archives
13/06/2018
- 13/06/2018
Richmond
Gosport Discovery Centre
21/02/2018
- 21/02/2018
Gosport
Gosport Discovery Centre
15/02/2018
- 15/02/2018
Gosport
Gosport Discovery Centre
20/02/2018
- 20/02/2018
Gosport
Hull Independent Cinema
25/07/2017
- 25/07/2017
Into Film Festival
17/11/2017
- 17/11/2017
London
Islington Museum
08/02/2018
- 08/02/2018
London
L Fest
23/07/2017
- 23/07/2017
Loughborough
Leeds Queer Film Festival
16/09/2017
- 16/09/2017
Leeds
Levflix
19/08/2018
- 19/08/2018
Manchester
National Library of Scotland
14/02/2018
- 14/02/2018
Glasgow
National Maritime Museum Cornwall
14/02/2018
- 14/02/2018
Falmouth
Ofcom
09/11/2017
- 09/11/2017
London
Oswestry Film Society
18/10/2017
- 18/10/2017
Oswestry
Perton Library
14/02/2018
- 14/02/2018
Perton
Reading Central Library
24/02/2018
- 24/02/2018
Reading
Screen 84
03/11/2017
- 03/11/2017
London
Senate House Library
08/05/2018
- 08/05/2018
London
Sheffield Central Library
21/02/2018
- 21/02/2018
Sheffield
Somerset Film
17/05/2018
- 17/05/2018
Bridgwater
South Gloucestershire Council
05/02/2018
- 05/02/2018
Yate
South Yardley Library
21/02/2019
- 21/02/2019
Birmingham
Surrey Heritage
22/02/2018
- 22/02/2018
Woking
Swansea Central Library
24/02/2018
- 24/02/2018
Swansea
The Dukes
05/09/2017
- 05/09/2017
Lancaster
The Harris
05/02/2020
- 05/02/2020
Preston
The Keep Archives
29/02/2020
- 29/02/2020
Brighton
The Showroom (Gallery)
26/09/2017
- 26/09/2017
London
Vision Redbridge Culture and Leisure
14/02/2018
- 14/02/2018
Ilford
Walkley Community Centre
10/02/2018
- 10/02/2018
Sheffield
Waltham Library
13/07/2018
- 13/07/2018
Waltham
Winchester Discovery Centre
15/02/2018
- 15/02/2018
Winchester
Arts Picturehouse
22/08/2017
- 22/08/2017
Cambridge
Cine-Sister CIC
05/07/2019
- 05/07/2019
Peterborough
Depot
08/02/2019
- 14/02/2019
Lewes
Barbican Centre
19/08/2017
- 19/08/2017
City of London,
London
BFI Southbank
17/07/2017
- 17/07/2017
Lambeth,
London
BFI Southbank
27/06/2017
- 27/06/2017
Lambeth,
London
Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest
18/11/2017
- 18/11/2017
Hackney,
London
JW3
07/11/2017
- 07/11/2017
Camden,
London
The Lexi Cinema
30/07/2017
- 02/08/2017
Excluded Dates: 31,1
Brent,
London
Chapter
25/08/2017
- 30/08/2017
Excluded Dates: 26, 27, 29
Cardiff
Theatr Clwyd
06/09/2017
- 06/09/2017
Mold
Curzon Cinema & Arts
01/10/2017
- 01/10/2017
Clevedon
The Diversity Trust
25/02/2018
- 25/02/2018
Yate
The Diversity Trust
20/05/2018
- 20/05/2018
Yate
Eden Court Theatre
19/08/2017
- 20/08/2017
Hebden Bridge Picture House
08/08/2017
- 08/08/2017
Hebden Bridge
The Forum (Hexham)
23/03/2019
- 23/03/2019
Hexham
Ludlow Assembly Rooms
16/06/2018
- 16/06/2018
Ludlow
Northampton Filmhouse
21/10/2017
- 21/10/2017
Northampton
Queen's Film Theatre
16/08/2017
- 16/08/2017
Belfast
Britain’s LGBT history is the inspiring subject of our fourth Britain on Film on Tour programme. With films spanning 1909 to 1994, it documents a century in which homosexuality went from crime to Pride, via decades of profoundly courageous activism, and the shifting attitudes to LGBT people and their rights across the board throughout a time of explosive social change.
Including some of the earliest known representations of LGBT people on screen, the collection includes a 1925 film on ‘Cutie Cattaro’, a boxer more interested in flirting than fighting and a drag queen, ‘Percy’ competing for a prize in 1909. Exploring the struggles and identity politics of the ‘80s and ‘90s, the films cover early AIDS victims recounting their painful experiences; the formation of the Gay Black Group, an early instance of intersectional thinking; and the 1980 fight for transgender rights in the European Court.
It’s a moving and fascinating collection, a social document encompassing both the collective public fight for basic rights and equality and more personal, intimate and psychological ones: the shedding of shame and the ability to be open about one’s most private self; the claiming of the right to love and to say publicly, proudly: this is who I am.
Please note: the programme contains a sequence of flashing lights which might affect audience members with photosensitive epilepsy.
Films in the programme
Battling Bruisers: Some Boxing Buffoonery (1925)
‘Cutie Cattaro’ is the nicest man in boxing, with his elegant walk and camp gestures leaving us in no doubt that we are watching one of the earliest representations of gay men in British cinema. The kisses he and his opponent exchange as they enter the ring may read as a greeting – but the cumulative effect of hints on screen reveal a pair of boxers more interested in each other than the fight.
This Week: Homosexuals (1964) & This Week: Lesbians (1965)
In 1964, This Week produced a truly ground-breaking programme which gave a voice to gay men three years before homosexuality was legalised in the UK. The following year, they turned their attention to lesbianism. Despite the disparaging comments of the interviewer, many of which would be unthinkable on television now, the interviewees respond with both articulate and moving stories.
Hints and Hobbies No.11 (1926)
The Hints and Hobbies series amused and enlightened 1920s cinemagoers with invaluable advice which, we can only hope, few actually tried at home. This extract – Hints to the Ladies on Jiu-Jitsu – is a highlight of the eleventh edition, and perhaps a long-lost chapter from the history of lesbian erotica…
Gays: Speaking Up (1978)
“What’s it like being a homosexual in modern, so-called permissive Britain?” asks presenter Llew Gardner in this Thames TV studio discussion. An ‘audience of gays’ patiently explain to Gardner – and by extension the straight world he represents – the challenges they face in coming out and the self-respect gained by acknowledging their true identity.
David is Homosexual (1978)
This Super8 educational film was made by the Lewisham branch of the Campaign for Homosexual Equality (CHE) and follows lead character David as he comes out to his family and finds new friends in the burgeoning gay rights movement. The extract includes rare footage of the 1976 Gay Pride march in London.
Gay Life (1980)
LWT’s Gay Life was the UK’s first dedicated LGBT TV series. This episode, ‘Gay Geography’ celebrates the opening of gay nightclub Heaven in central London by exploring what the contemporary clubbing scene has to offer gay men of all persuasions, with tensions between the emerging factions – ‘camp’ vs. ‘masc’, drag queens vs. leather queens – dominating the programme.
How Percy Won the Beauty Competition (1909)
Drag has a long history in British culture and was popular with gay and straight audiences alike. This is one of the earliest surviving films to feature a man in drag, with protagonist Percy entering a female beauty contest in order to win a £100 prize.
AIDS: The Victims (1985)
Current affairs series TV Eye meets two AIDS sufferers who recount their experiences of living with the disease and facing society’s suspicion, fear and misconceptions. When the programme was made 58 AIDS-related deaths had been recorded in Britain; by 2016 that figure had grown to almost 23,000.
Gay Black Group (1983)
The formation of the Gay Black Group was a landmark in black and Asian LGBT history. With regular meetings at Gay’s the Word bookshop in London, it offered a sounding board and support for queer people of colour during the 1980s. Outsiders by virtue of both their sexuality and ethnicity, the group attempted to negotiate a path through the interwoven complexities of cultural and sexual identity.
What Am I? (1980)
Broadcast as the right for transgender people to re-assign their birth certificates and to marry was being put to the European Court of Human Rights, this television report featured a range of interviews that revealed common misconceptions and assumptions of the day; in particular, the confusion between gender identity and sexuality.
Miss Norah Blaney (1932)
Norah Blaney and her partner Gwen Farrar were household names in the 1920s, with a music hall act incorporating popular songs and witty repartee combined with physical humour. Lovers from 1915 to 1931, their offstage partnership was no secret. This film captures one of Norah’s final performances, singing “Masculine Women, Feminine Men” – a popular song notable for its queer subtext.
Age of Dissent (1994)
This documentary followed a battle to lower British legislation on the UK gay male age of consent. We see confident, colourful footage of Pride 1993, as the march makes its way through the streets of central London to the open-air festival in Brockwell Park where revellers were promised ‘the most fun you can have with 50,000 people you’ve never met’.