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Michael Cashman

PioneersSeries 1
Episode 5 of 5

Michael Cashman tells Clare English about making UK TV history in 1987 with an explosive Eastenders' gay kiss. From 2011.

Eastenders' star Michael Cashman on the explosive moment he helped make history when UK TV saw its first gay kiss.

A kiss which led to not just public and political controversy, but terrifying personal consequences for Cashman in the form of death threats and attacks on his home.

Michael tells Clare English about the social and political landscape of 1987 and why that brief encounter between the soap character he played, Colin Russell, and market trader Barry Clark would prove momentous for so many of the people involved.

Producer: Philip Sime

First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in 2011.

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 29 Sep 202200:30
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