A special edition of Celebrity Gogglebox will be among a series of films and shows in a bumper Channel 4 season to mark 50 years since the first Pride march took place in the UK. Nick Grimshaw and Rylan Clark will feature in the episode alongside other British LGBTQ+ personalities.
The season will also see two documentaries commissioned to reflect on the last 50 years for the LGBTQ+ community will also air around the anniversary of the first UK Pride rally in London on July 1 1972. One, with the working title of 50 Years Of Pride, will explore the history of the movement in the UK through first-person testimonies and archive footage.
Made in collaboration with Oscar-nominated filmmaker Stephen Daldry and playwright Joe Robertson, the film will hear from those who faced hostility and discrimination in the early years of the movement. It will also feature people from the younger generations who have always had Pride celebrations as part of their life and identity.
