George Michael: Outed

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  1. Episode 1

  47m

  In 1998, George Michael was arrested for a lewd act in a LA toilet. The pop pin-up's secret was out. But why was it a secret? And how did George's exposure turn into a blow for gay liberation?

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  2. Episode 2

  47m

  After his arrest, George Michael turned the PR playbook on its head - coming out on TV, and releasing hit video Outside celebrating gay hook-ups dressed as a cop.

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  3. Outed Stories: Harvey Proctor

  10m

  Through the 1980s and 90s, gay people were outed by the tabloid press against their will. Tory MP Harvey Proctor's political career was destroyed. And then 30 years later it happened again.

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  4. Outed Stories: Terry Dunning

  9m

  Branded a 'home-wrecker', social worker Terry Dunning was outed by the Express in 1993. Thirty years later, Terry and family tell his story.

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  5. Outed Stories: Andrew Hartle

  7m

  Splashed across the headlines, simply for being gay, destroyed an anaesthetist's army career, and almost his life.

Cast

George Michael

Self (archive footage)

Olly Alexander

Self

Holly Johnson

Self

Richard Coles

Self

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Kenny Goss

Self

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Jim Moret

Self

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Andros Georgiou

Self

Neil Wallis

Self

Will Young

Self

Simon Napier-Bell

Self