#117 The BBC's First Homosexual: a new play - with Dr Stephen Hornby and Professor Marcus Collins

The British Broadcasting Century with Paul Kerensa · Apr 26, 2026 · 27m

#117 The BBC's First Homosexual: a new play - with Dr Stephen Hornby and Professor Marcus Collins

A special episode about a new play about on the true tale of Britain's first broadcast debate on homosexuality. We're outside of our moment-by-moment timeline (currently anchored in November 1923 - we return there soon) to highlight this under-appreciated moment at the 1950s BBC.

After much deliberation, BBC producers planned and recorded an experimental discussion programme, but it wasn't broadcast until three years later, as an edited version called 'The Homosexual Condition'. The content may…