Culture Bunker: Director Rikki Beadle-Blair MBE on Riot Act and LGBT+ History Month, This Is Going to Hurt, Bacon and Bourgeois on Beasts, plus Pam and Tommy

The Bunker

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, Government

4.6 • 984 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2022

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Hear all the music on our rolling playlist: https://bit.ly/CultBunk Writer, director, actor, singer, dancer - THE NOTORIOUS RBB Rikki Beadle-Blair joins us to talk Riot Act, LGBT+ History Month, and a lifetime of activist art. Jelena, Alex, and Siân don their scrubs for This is Going to Hurt, the BBC’s new med-drama with Ben Wishaw. And the meat goes on with Pam and Tommy on Disney, and two new mega-shows - Francis Bacon and Louise Bourgeois – for this week’s Art Corner special on BEASTS. “Equality means equality of opportunity to be idiots.” - Rikki Beadle-Blair “The constant self-portraiture on Instagram is irritating.” - Rikki Beadle-Blair “This is Going to Hurt makes the NHS feel so fragile. It made me ask what I can do to help the Adam Kays of this world.” – Siân Pattenden “The talking penis in Pam and Tommy felt weirdly Disney to me, like something out of Beauty in the Beast!” – Alex Andreou Written and presented by Alex Andreou, Siân Pattenden, and Jelena Sofronijevic. Audio production by Alex Rees. Theme music: ‘Bunker Theme (Juntos Mix)’ by Kenny Dickinson. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. The Culture Bunker is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:34.3	This week we are delighted to be joined by writer, director, actor, singer, dancer, and all-round
1:39.6	luminous human being the notorious RBB Ricky Beedle Blair to talk Riot Act, LGBTQ Plus History Month and a lifetime of activist art.
1:51.0	Plus.
1:52.0	Porn again.
1:53.0	We watch Pam and Tommy, Disney Stars new series based on Pamela Anderson's leaked sex tape
1:58.0	90s.
1:59.0	Yes, you have right, it's on Disney Star in this country.
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