Sky Atlantic to celebrate British gay icons

Sky Atlantic to celebrate British gay icons

The satellite television channel, Sky Atlantic, is set to broadcast a three-part series on British gay icons, to coincide with Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

Marketed as a look at the alternative ‘queens’ of British television, the series, called ‘God Save the Queens,’ will look at the careers of gay icons and their roles in changing attitudes to sexual plurality in the country over the past sixty years.

The first episode, to be broadcast tomorrow and called ‘Hidden Queens,’ will focus on male performers who sought to hide their sexuality, including Danny La Rue, Kenneth Williams, and Liberace.

Other icons to be featured include David Bowie, Freddy Mercury, and Lily Savage, and the series will feature commentaries from Julian Clary, Cilia Black, Alan Cumming and Ronnie Corbett.

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