The Problematic Gaze
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- Society & Culture
- TV & Film · Film History
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Winner - ‘Best History Podcast’ - Independent Podcast Awards 2025 ‘Top 30 Podcasts To Listen To Right Now’ - The Radio Times 2025Direct from PG Towers, join social historian Dr Lee Arnott and TV producer Dave Moor for a lighthearted look at the world of TV, Film and Popular Culture of yesteryear that has since been considered problematic. Each week we focus on a different piece of pop culture, and put it into context by looking at the news events and cultural landscape of the year it was released. Out and proud, Dr Lee and Our Dave present a humorous take on life as LGBTQ+...
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- Bread (1986): The Boswells, Benefit Fraud & Life in 80s Liverpool
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- THE GAZETTE: Dolly, Gloria Steinem, Wentworth & Dogs Behaving Strangely
- 'Grange Hill': Racism, Heroin & Why Mary Whitehouse Hated It
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- Saturday Night Fever (1978 UK): The Disco Classic Is Much Darker Than You Remember
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- The Vampire Lovers (1970): Hammer Horror, Ingrid Pitt & The Lesbian Vampire craze