Marcus Collins
@elhistorioso.bsky.social
Prof of British History and author of The Beatles and Sixties Britain and Why Study History? AHRC projects on queer broadcasting (2025-6) and BBC (2022-3) History of pop, polls, permissiveness, TV, radio, sex and empire marcus.collins@lboro.ac.uk
Historian Prof Marcus Collins (@elhistorioso.bsky.social) is behind a new play, The BBC’s First Homosexual, the official production for LGBT+ History Month (@lgbthm.bsky.social). Here's some news coverage: 👇 Guardian: bit.ly/45trbLj BBC The World Tonight: bit.ly/49M29s4 (starts at 37:35)
‘Naked homophobia’: play revisits BBC’s first programme on gay men in 1950s
Original script from 1954 referring to ‘troubles of this kind’ to be brought to life on stage for LGBT+ History Month
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The Guardian has just published a lovely article about #BBCFirstHomo, a @ukri.org-sponsored play by Inkbrew based on my research on the first British doc about homosexuality. Catch the tour during @lgbthm.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/j...
‘Naked homophobia’: play revisits BBC’s first programme on gay men in 1950s
Original script from 1954 referring to ‘troubles of this kind’ to be brought to life on stage for LGBT+ History Month
theguardian.com
Calling historians and researchers. The BBC Written Archives Centre has changed its access rules without consultation. This means an end to proper independent research into the BBC's rich history. 178 have already signed the open letter. Please join the campaign here: tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign
Open letter BBC Written Archives - August 2025
Join the campaign to protect the future of independent research at the BBC Written Archives Centre The following text is an open letter expressing the concern of historians and researchers about chan...
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