From Queer to Eternity

Actor, writer, director and (League of) Gentleman Mark Gatiss joins Scott Handcock at the London Podcast Festival to talk about his queer life in front of a live audience. Together, they discuss growing up in the north, finding helplines via ITV sitcoms, and the importance of queer storytelling.

In this bonus episode, comedian Tom Price turns the tables on Scott and asks him about growing up in the Midlands, cartoon crushes, and the joys of LGBT admin.

Sound designer and audio archivist Thea Cochrane joins Scott to talk about exploring her trans identity, coming out at work, pulling people into her closet and finding a name for herself.

Actor Samuel Barnett talks with Scott about his childhood in Whitby, internalised homophobia, portraying Posner in The History Boys, and the bittersweetness of playing gay men from a different era.

Actor Paul Clayton reminisces with Scott about growing up in Yorkshire, 1960s Doctor Who crushes, taking HIV tests to get a mortgage, and coming out to his mother in front of Sir Ian McKellen.

Actor Samantha Béart joins Scott to talk about the broadness of being queer, the importance of challenging stereotypes, the stress of enjoying empathy, and entering the queer-majority universe of Torchwood as a gender-fluid extraterrestrial!

Actor Daniel Brocklebank - known to millions of viewers as Weatherfield’s resident archdeacon in Coronation Street - chats with Scott about entering the industry at the age of 14, growing up during the AIDS crisis, the responsibilities of being a role model, and inadvertently impersonating himself on dating sites.

Dr. Emily Garside - our first queer academic - joins the podcast to discuss life growing up opposite a Cardiff conservative club, pansexual prejudice, the joys of Schitt’s Creek, and her PhD covering theatrical responses to the AIDS crisis.