Queer as Folk
11/24/21 • 68 min
Earlier this year, the Channel 4 show It’s a Sin gripped the nation with its heart-breaking portrayal of a group of queer friends living through the HIV/Aids crisis of the early 1980s.
But 20 years earlier, its creator Russel T Davis sent shockwaves through British television with a very different portrayal of an LGBTQ+ friendship group. Queer as Folk was released in 1999 and was an unapologetic portrayal of three gay men living in and around Manchester's Canal Street. The show was ground-breaking for the time and its impact was felt all over the world.
Today on the show we're hearing from Ben and Benja from Bear Back Podcast about the effect it had on their very own coming out stories. Diversions include Kate Bush, Will & Grace and Sam Smith's cover of 'I feel love.'
About Bear Back Podcast
Bear Back is hosted by same-name, transnational couple Ben and Benja who deliver a weekly comedy podcast that explores the cultural quirks of their respective homelands – the UK and Argentina. As two larger gay males, known as bears, both looking back on their life experiences to date, the podcast’s title – ‘Bear Back’ – seems apt. The duo discuss everything from LGBTQ+ culture, food and drink, citizenship, language and public transport – via The Cheeky Girls and the history of the ballpoint pen – all why they navigate their life together in Warwickshire, England. New episodes drop every Friday across all major podcast platforms or you can listen direct via the show's website: https://shows.acast.com/bear-backCredits
Produced by: Beth Watson
Edited by: Beth Watson
Music by: Iora
Find us on the interweb
Beth Watson: @b.wott on Instagram & @bwatson19 on Twitter
The TV That Changed Me: @tvchangedme on Instagram & @tvchangedmepod on Twitter
Earlier this year, the Channel 4 show It’s a Sin gripped the nation with its heart-breaking portrayal of a group of queer friends living through the HIV/Aids crisis of the early 1980s.
But 20 years earlier, its creator Russel T Davis sent shockwaves through British television with a very different portrayal of an LGBTQ+ friendship group. Queer as Folk was released in 1999 and was an unapologetic portrayal of three gay men living in and around Manchester's Canal Street. The show was ground-breaking for the time and its impact was felt all over the world.
Today on the show we're hearing from Ben and Benja from Bear Back Podcast about the effect it had on their very own coming out stories. Diversions include Kate Bush, Will & Grace and Sam Smith's cover of 'I feel love.'
About Bear Back Podcast
Bear Back is hosted by same-name, transnational couple Ben and Benja who deliver a weekly comedy podcast that explores the cultural quirks of their respective homelands – the UK and Argentina. As two larger gay males, known as bears, both looking back on their life experiences to date, the podcast’s title – ‘Bear Back’ – seems apt. The duo discuss everything from LGBTQ+ culture, food and drink, citizenship, language and public transport – via The Cheeky Girls and the history of the ballpoint pen – all why they navigate their life together in Warwickshire, England. New episodes drop every Friday across all major podcast platforms or you can listen direct via the show's website: https://shows.acast.com/bear-backCredits
Produced by: Beth Watson
Edited by: Beth Watson
Music by: Iora
Find us on the interweb
Beth Watson: @b.wott on Instagram & @bwatson19 on Twitter
The TV That Changed Me: @tvchangedme on Instagram & @tvchangedmepod on Twitter
Previous Episode
History Special: Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
How did TV shape Britain's relationship with the EU? And where do our preconceptions about European countries come from?
Today on the show Beth is talking to historian David Lawton about German stereotypes, World War II references and British Nationalism in the eighties sitcom Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
About David
David is a PhD student at Queen Mary University working on Euroscepticism in Britain from 1970-2000. He has written on culture in the 1980s and has worked on the history of television in the 20th century. He is also a musician in the band Preen.
More on Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
What Auf Wiedersehen, Pet teaches us about Britain and Europe by Tom Draper
Credits
Produced by: Beth Watson
Edited by: Beth Watson
Music by: Iora
Find us on the interweb
Beth Watson: @b.wott on Instagram & @bwatson19 on Twitter
The TV That Changed Me: @tvchangedme on Instagram & @tvchangedmepod on Twitter
Next Episode
Bonus Episode: And Just Like That
With the world and her wife catching covid this week, we've been indoors watching And Just Like That and catching up with the Twitter discourse. In this special bonus episode, Beth is joined once again by her best mate Immy to chat the SATC reboot and the controversies that followed.
Further reading
Sex and the City sequel has a mouthful of teething troubles
Could Carrie Have Saved Mr. Big on ‘And Just Like That...’?
Credits
Produced by: Beth Watson
Edited by: Beth Watson
Music by: Iora
Find us on the interweb
Beth Watson: @b.wott on Instagram & @bwatson19 on Twitter
The TV That Changed Me: @tvchangedme on Instagram & @tvchangedmepod on Twitter
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