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Fry breaks [his arm in] Brazil
Actor Stephen Fry has broken his arm after falling over while filming in Brazil, the BBC has confirmed. The actor, 50, was filming for the Last Chance To See series, which focuses on the world's endangered species. A BBC spokesman said Fry was treate...
Ragdoll to compensate sacked Tombliboo
Ragdoll Limited, who make the Teletubbies have been ordered by an employment tribunal to pay £2000 to an actor who was called a "faggot" by a fellow cast member.However, Issac Blake, 28, from Cardiff lost the majority of his case after being sacked ...
It's Tinky Winky all over again
A gay actor who worked inside a robotic suit for a top children's television programme has taken the production company to an industrial tribunal.Isaac Blake, 28, from Cardiff, played one of the Tombliboos in the BBC show, In The Night Garden made by...
Fairytale of hypocrites
In the wake of the BBC vs The Pogues storm-in-a-teacup of yesterday, Peter Tatchell writes in The GuardianI challenge those who defend the use of the word faggot in these lyrics to state publicly that they would also defend the right of white singers...
Music: BBC censor The Pogues; the X Factor vote scandal - the truth; Take That, Eurovision
The BBC has decided to censor the lyrics in a song by The Pogues to avoid 'upsetting' the gay community.The word 'faggot' has been cut from the line 'You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap, lousy faggot' from their Christmas hit Fairytale Of New York.The...
Walliams to be Frank(ie)
Little Britain star David Walliams is to portray one of his comedy heroes, Frankie Howerd, in a BBC Four drama. Called Rather You Than Me, the biopic has been written in conjunction with Howerd's partner, Dennis Heymer. It will show how the star, who...
Stonewall criticises BBC's gay representation
The chief executive of the UK's leading gay equality organisation has told a diversity conference that gay and lesbian people are "massively underserved" by the BBC.Ben Summerskill said that £200m of the BBC's £3bn licence fee is paid by gay citize...
New gay character for Eastenders
EastEnders bosses have apparently created a new gay character to be introduced in the New Year. The new character is Jane Beale's brother who arrives to stir up a bit of bother among the residents, says the Daily Mirror."The bosses at EastEnders have...
G.I. Jonny to the rescue
The BBC has teamed up with the HIV charity Terrence Higgins Trust to develop a website called G.I. Jonny, which includes facts and information about HIV and interactive games. The version on the G.I. Jonny website is much better quality......
A new life for gay people in Britain began on that day
When I grew up, to be homosexual seemed a life sentence to shame. A brave report 50 years ago paved the way for change - Julian Mitchell, author of BBC4 drama Consenting Adults on 50 years since Wolfenden, in The Guardian....
Consenting Adults anchors BBC4's Hidden Lives
Showing this week as part of BBC 4's Hidden Lives series and well-worth watching if you have any interest in gay history is Consenting Adults.A 75-minute special transmitted to commemorate 50 years since a key moment in British social and cultural hi...
Rupert puts his foot (or finger) in it
Hollywood actor Rupert Everett shocked the presenters of BBC One's Breakfast programme with a lewd comment about indulging in sexual activity. While discussing his youth with hosts Susanna Reid and Charlie Stayt, the 48-year-old star recalled visitin...
