Out in the World - A Global Gay History (Ep.1)
▻http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b014m92k
Richard Coles embarks on an excavation of same-sex desire through the ages, starting with the modern construction of gay identity and its links with the ancient world.
Across four programmes and a range of investigations which reach from the UK to India, Egypt, Greece and Native America, Richard discovers a far more complex and nuanced story than one of darkness into light.
In programme one, he confronts the challenges of uncovering such a history given that the idea of ’being gay’ is a very modern phenomenon.