Gay Marriage and Me | And Me

Gay Marriage and Me | And Me

LGBTQ+ | BBC News | 2024 | 26'13''

Ten years on from the UK’s first gay weddings, how equal is equal marriage?

Alan Turing | Icons

Alan Turing | Icons

Civil rights movements | BBC Two | 2019 | 12'50''

A genius of mathematics, Turing developed machines which were the forerunners of modern computers. Called upon to help crack Nazi codes, his work at Blet...

Bend It Like Beckham (2002)

Bend It Like Beckham (2002)

British Cinema | BBC Two | 2007 | 1'45'28''

To avoid her Sikh parents' disapproval, soccer-obsessed teenager Jess Bhamra hides the fact she has joined a local female football team, where he...

My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

British Cinema | Channel 4 | 1987 | 1'32'14''

An ambitious Pakistani Briton and his white boyfriend strive for success and hope when they open a glamorous laundromat.

Gay to Straight | Stacey Dooley

Gay to Straight | Stacey Dooley

Health and Disability | BBC Three | 2012 | 57'43''

19-year-old TJ's aim is to marry the girl of his dreams - the only snag is that he's gay. So TJ has turned to 'gay conversion therapy' to try...

Mark contemplates his HIV | Eastenders

Mark contemplates his HIV | Eastenders

Health and Wellbeing | BBC One | 2003 | 2'48''

In a special episode, Mark discusses his deteriorating health with Sharon Watts, contemplating his mortality as his HIV medication beg...

Mark reveals his HIV | Eastenders

Mark reveals his HIV | Eastenders

Health and Wellbeing | BBC One | 1991 | 4'06''

Mark Fowler reveals to his parents, Pauline and Arthur, that he is HIV positive. This groundbreaking episode marked the first time a major ...

Colin reacts to Barry outing them to Walford | Eastenders

Colin reacts to Barry outing them to Walford | Eastenders

LGBTQ+ | BBC One | 1988 | 1'17''

Colin and Barry discuss Dot finding out them being a homosexual couple, and the potential fallout it may have on th...

Dot fears AIDS | Eastenders

Dot fears AIDS | Eastenders

Health and Wellbeing | BBC One | 1987 | 3'51''

Dot Cotton discovers that Colin Russell and Barry Clark are a gay couple. Distressed, she consults Dr. Legg, fearing she might contract AIDS from...

01: My Hindu Coming Out Story | Love, Faith and Me

01: My Hindu Coming Out Story | Love, Faith and Me

Hindu marriage and relationships | BBC One | 2023 | 44'04''

28-year-old Anish came out as gay ten years ago. He's since felt disconnected from his faith and the wider Hindu community...

Lily: A Transgender Story

Lily: A Transgender Story

LGBTQ+ | BBC One | 2020 | 39'24''

Documentary filmed over five years. We follow Lily Jones as she transitions from male to female, leaves her seaside home for the city, undergoes ge...

Transgender Love

Transgender Love

LGBTQ+ | BBC One | 2016 | 59'00''

Documentary following six trans men and women in Scotland as they struggle to find love and maintain existing relationships.

Tom Daley: Illegal to Be Me

Tom Daley: Illegal to Be Me

LGBTQ+ | BBC One | 2022 | 59'08''

Tom Daley visits the most homophobic countries in the Commonwealth to explore how gay athletes are facing extreme persecution. What can the Commo...

My Gay Life | Extraordinary Teens

My Gay Life | Extraordinary Teens

LGBTQ+ | Channel 4 | 2017 | 46'57''

Shot over several years, this film charts an experience of growing up gay in modern Britain. Follows Billy, who was spotted by the producer...

Pride (2014)

Pride (2014)

British Cinema | BBC Two | 2016 | 1'51'18''

In 1984, a group of lesbian and gay activists take on hardship from the press and the government, and find unlikely allies in a group of Welsh miners.

Some Like It Hot (1959)

Some Like It Hot (1959)

Classical Hollywood Cinema | BBC Two | 2019 | 1'56'00''

Musicians Joe and Jerry accidentally witness the St Valentine's Day massacre. The boys decide to make a getaway by joining a jazz band heading for Fl...

Flee (2021) | Storyville

Flee (2021) | Storyville

Animation | BBC Four | 2024 | 1'25'03''

A Storyville documentary, mostly animated, that charts the extraordinary true tale of Ali, a gay Afghan man, and the desperate measures he is forced...

Ross’ Story | I’m Coming Out

Ross’ Story | I’m Coming Out

LGBTQ+ | BBC One Scotland | 2017 | 26'19''

Documentary in which 18-year-old Ross films himself coming out to his parents. Centred on the anxious encounter, this insightful fil...

Owen’s Story | I’m Coming Out

Owen’s Story | I’m Coming Out

LGBTQ+ | BBC One Scotland | 2017 | 24'31''

Documentary in which 19-year-old Owen films himself coming out as bisexual to his parents after struggling throughout his teenage y...

Paris Is Burning | Arena

Paris Is Burning | Arena

History | BBC Four | 1990 | 1'10'04''

A vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City's African American and Latinx Harlem drag ball scene.

Robert Mapplethorpe | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Robert Mapplethorpe | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2017 | 3'06''

Robert Mapplethorpe was regarded as very controversial for his explicitly homosexual photographs during the AIDS cr...
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