Being the further adventures of English musician broadcaster and LGTBQ activist TOM ROBINSON, as he gets deeply involved in the gay counterculture of London in the '70s whilst on his journey to having a huge hit with the song 2-4-6-8 Motorway
We hear about the genesis of another hit - (Sing if You're)Glad to Be Gay - a remarkable, unprecedented protest song that climbed into public consciousness in the late 70s (despite the best efforts of some in the establshment), and about Tom's later hit War Baby.
We talk about the desperate times in between, about his activism - not only for the queer commmuity but as part of the Rock Against Racism movement - and how he had to face one his greatest challenges in coming out for a second time, risking the disapproval of the very community he had fought for for many years…
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How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin
NICO - You are Beautiful and You are Alone
Skinhead: The Counter-Counterculture
Memories of a Free Festival
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The Lost History of Skiffle - with Billy Bragg
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The Roxy Club -100 Nights of Punk Madness
Days of the Underground: The Life and Times of Hawkwind
The British Folk Underground - with Stephen Duffy
Which One’s Pink? Managing the Counterculture
Rebel Threads: Dressing the Counterculture
Days in the Life: The Language of Counterculture
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London: The Films of Peter Whitehead
The Mysteries of T. C. Lethbridge
Helter Skelter: Charles Manson and the CIA
The Divine Rascal - Hollingshead Pt.2
The Man Who Turned On the World - Hollingshead Pt.1
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