Gay Britannia on Radio 2

Radio 2 will be marking the 50th anniversary of The Sexual Offences Act 1967 with a season of programmes celebrating gay culture and its journey from then until now.

Here's what's coming up...

Wednesday 26th July and Wednesday 2nd August, 10pm

Born This Way

A two part documentary presented by actor Andrew Scott telling the remarkable story of how gay people transformed pop culture. Including contributions from Andy Bell (Erasure), Richard Coles (The Communards), Ana Matronic (Scissor Sisters) and Olly Alexander (Years and Years)

Saturday 29th July, 8pm

I Feel Love - Live from Hull

Scott Mills and Ana Matronic present a special event celebrating 50 years of sexual freedom.

Live on Radio 2 and Red button TV ‘I Feel Love’ is a special concert, held in the City of Hull which celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1967, a piece of legislation that would transform the lives of millions, give birth to an explosion of music, poetry, writing , art - and love. Performers include Will Young, Alison Moyet, Marc Almond, Bright Light Bright Light, Noah Stewart, Tom Robinson and West Yorkshire’s LGBT choir ‘Gay Abandon’.

The concert features live performances of ground-breaking gay songs ‘What makes a man a man’, ‘Lavender’ and ‘I am what I am’, and LGBT party anthems YMCA, Born this Way and I Feel Love , plus readings ranging from Oscar Wilde to Alan Hollingshurst . The show will be staged at the Hull City Hall right in the heart of the City of Culture, and marks the finale to a week of UK Pride events in the city