Peter Tatchell
Birthday: Born in 1952-01-25 in Footscray, Australia
Deathday: Alive
Peter Gary Tatchell is a British human rights campaigner, originally from Australia, best known for his work with LGBT social movements. Tatchell was selected as the Labour Party's parliamentary candidate for Bermondsey in 1981.
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The Big Questions
Character: Self
Nicky Campbell hosts a series of moral, ethical and religious debates....
We Need Answers
Character: Self - Contestant
We Need Answers is a British television panel game presented by comedians Mark Watson, Tim Key and Alex Horne. The show features a pair of celebrities answering questions which have previously been texted in by the public, or the audience, to 63336, a text message service....
The Wilderness Years
Character: Self
Documentary showing the many travails of the UK Labour Party during its long period in opposition from 1979 and through the 1980s and 1990s....
The Nilsen Files
Character: Himself. former Labour Party Candidate
Re-examining one of the biggest murder investigations in Metropolitan Police history. Did prejudice lead to multiple missed opportunities to catch serial killer Dennis Nilsen?...
Banned in the UK
Character: Self
Four-part series demonstrating different kinds of censorship, such as censorship by the government or of art....
Banned! The Mary Whitehouse Story
Character: Self
In 1963, armed with just a typewriter, a Midlands housewife began a 30-year battle against the permissive society. But how successful was the original ‘cancel culture’ warrior?...
Question Time
Character: Himself - Panellist
This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other public figures who answer pre-selected questions put to them by a carefully selected audience....
In Their Own Words
Character: Self (archive footage)
Documenting the lives the most pivotal voices of the 20th century...
Brass Eye
Character: Self
Investigative reporter Chris Morris puts modern Britain under the spotlight, and smacks the issues of the day till they bleed. He tackles weighty issues including animals, drugs, sex and skewered celebrities and politicians alike - and in a later episode in 2001, paedophiles....
Movie Credits
George Michael: Got to Have Faith
Character: Self
George Michael: Singer, songwriter, record producer. From the international popularity of duo international sensation Wham. to solo artist megastar. George Michael's solo career got off to the strongest start imaginable with the release of a duet with Aretha Franklin in 1987. Known for his personal affairs, his private life became a target for the media. These personal troubles making headlines throughout the '90s and the 'Noughties' became a struggle to fight his own reputation....
Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
Character: Self
The story of the extraordinary final chapter of Freddie Mercury’s life and how, after his death from AIDS, Queen staged one of the biggest concerts in history, the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert at Wembley Stadium, to celebrate his life and challenge the prejudices around HIV/AIDS. For the first time, Freddie's story is told alongside the experiences of those who tested positive for HIV and lost loved ones during the same period. Medical practitioners, survivors, and human rights campaigners re...
Legendary Children [All of Them Queer]
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Titled after Holly Johnson's iconic anthem, Legendary Children [All Of Them Queer] follows many of the original pioneers of the 1972 and first European Pride March during events over the summer of Pride 50 when the UK marked its 50th anniversary in spectacular style. The headline cast encompasses some of the most genuinely influential figures in UK LGBTQIA+ rights activism and its history. Like their US counterparts in the two years following the Stonewall Riots, these remarkable individuals wer...
George Michael: Easy to Pretend
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A documentary featuring the pop star legend George Michael. In the early eighties he conquered the world with the popularity of Wham! He achieved hit after hit and when the time came for him to become a solo artist he did not hold back....
Peter Tatchell: Just Who Does He Think He Is?
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Profile of the life, work and ethos behind one of Britain's most controversial and prolific human rights campaigner: gay UK activist Peter Tatchell....
Out in East Berlin: Lesbians and Gays in the GDR
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Paragraph 175, which made homosexual behavior punishable by law, was abolished in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in 1968. At that time, heterosexual nuclear families constituted the center of socialist society, and homosexuality was considered a peripheral issue in the GDR. Out in East Berlin —Lesbians & Gays in the GDR tells the impressive-to-absurd personal histories of gay men and lesbians in the GDR, from the post WWII years until the fall of the Berlin Wall....
The Last Taboo
Character: Self
Hard to imagine, but true: According to current estimates, out of 500,000 active male football professionals worldwide, under ten (10) are openly homosexual. While homosexuality hardly plays a role in other areas of life today, the topic seems to be completely taboo in professional football. The feature-length documentary THE LAST TABOO lets those who broke exactly this taboo tell their very personal stories alongside Thomas Hitzlsperger. Like the British professional footballer Justin Fashanu ...
Big Gay Wedding with Tom Allen
Character: Self
Celebrating the tenth anniversary of same-sex marriage in England and Wales, Tom Allen explores the fight for equal marriage and arranges a dream wedding for one lucky couple....
The Gospel According to St Derek
Character: Self
Using interviews with close family, friends and collaborators, The Gospel According to St. Derek bears witness to Derek Jarman’s unique approach to low-budget film-making (his near-alchemical ability to turn the base components of film-making in to artistic gold, his placing of himself at the heart of all his work and his need to be part of a repertory company-type set-up). The Gospel… also promotes Derek Jarman’s importance as one of Britain's finest film-makers and acts, therefore, as a rally ...
George Michael: Portrait of an Artist
Character: Self
This is by far the most definitive feature documentary of George Michael's amazing life, told candidly by fellow musicians and other friends who loved and respected him...
After 82
Character: Himself
AFTER 82 brings to the screen the untold personal stories of the AIDS crisis in the UK. Narrated by Dominic West, this incredible documentary looks back to the very early days of the pandemic when there were no medications and a positive HIV test meant almost certain death. Many of those featured have never spoken openly to the media about those traumatic early days, and this may be the only time they will do so. The film features interviews with the actor Jonathan Blake (portrayed in the film P...
Hating Peter Tatchell
Character: Self (Human Rights Activist)
The powerful and inspiring true story of the controversial human rights campaigner whose provocative acts of civil diso bedience rocked the British establishment, revolutionised attitudes to homosexuality and exposed world tyrants. As social attitudes change and history vindicates Peter's stance on gay rights, his David versus Goliath battles gradually win him status as a national treasure. The film follows Peter as he embarks on his riskiest crusade yet by seeking to disrupt the FIFA World Cup ...
Battle of Soho
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In November 2014 the Iconic club Madame Jojos closed its doors. This event being interpreted by many as the death knell of Soho.The gentrification of Soho affects the LGBT community and its Drag Queen sub-culture, but the cabaret atmosphere of the entire neighborhood in enormous ways. This active pursuit to destroy a bubbling and vibrant part of the city's heart is viewed by many as an atrocity akin to turning the lights off on Broadway. Over 3rd of London's music venues have been closed in rece...
Age of Consent
Character: Self
The story of the HOIST, London's first and only Gay Fetish Bar, coincides with the political struggle to decriminalize homosexual activity within the United Kingdom....
Overthrow The Social Order
Character: Self
Is gender a life sentence? Is masculinity directly linked to violence and oppression? British artist Martin Firrell spent 2017 making a public work to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1967 sexual offences act in England and Wales, where homosexual men were finally decriminalised. Alongside this, Martin called for the abolishing of gender labelling, engaging with contemporary business leaders, activists and academics in debate about how they represent gender to both their staff and customers. The...
After Stonewall
Character: Self
This sequel to "Before Stonewall" documents the history of gay and lesbian life from the riots at Stonewall in 1969 to the present. Narrated by Melissa Etheridge, the film explains the work, struggles, victories, and defeats the gay community has weathered to become a vibrant and integral part of North American society....
100 Worst Britons
Character: Self
Channel 4 (UK) ran a poll, in 2003, for viewers to nominate their "worst Briton". The nominations had to be people who were living, not in prison and British....