[1970] World in Action - “Seven men: Quentin Crisp”, Granada Television filmed Quentin Crisp in his small Chelsea apartment. By combining footage from several different days, Crisp remembers and talks about different aspects of his life.

https://youtu.be/wTRntQUhipc

#OldBritishTelly #WorldInAction #QuentinCrisp

The majority have it by a whisker correctly identifying the song as being about #QuentinCrisp.

Crisp's iconic status was occasionally controversial, due to remarks about subjects like the AIDS crisis. This invited censure from gay activists, including human-rights campaigner Peter Tatchell.

Nonetheless, personally I admire Crisp for his sheer force of personality in during the hostile times encompassing the early part of his live & for #LGBTQ people in the #UK.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Englishman_in_New_York

[1975] Good Afternoon - Respected journalist Mavis Nicholson interviews flamboyant raconteur and professional life model Mr. Quentin Crisp.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34GW5edcyy4

#OldBritishTelly #MavisNicholson #QuentinCrisp

#film :newpride:
#TheNakedCivilServant 1975

#QuentinCrisp ( #John Hurt) makes the bold choice of exhibiting his #homosexuality in the highly conservative environment of #England in the 1930s and 1940s. Wha...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlxn3F2tIWg