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Fetch the Smelling Salts

Fetch the Smelling Salts

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The Fainting Couch: Queeriod Dramas

The Fainting Couch: Queeriod Dramas

2024-06-06
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In this week’s special Fainting Couch episode, Kim and Alice are smooching their undergardeners and celebrating queer representation in TV and cinema. We’re looking at the history, the controversy and depiction of LGBTQ+ people on screen, and demanding more queer joy please!

Sound Engineer: Keith Nagle
Editor: Helen Hamilton / Keith Nagle
Producer: Helen Hamilton

Sources

  • Article: Jack King; '10 great films about queer history'; BFI.org.uk; February 2021
  • Article: Isabelle Grimshaw; 'A Short History of LGBTQ+ Cinema'; freesat.co.uk; June 2023
  • Documentary: 'Queerama' (2017); Dir. Daisy Asquith

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