Ding-a-Dong with Jonathan Harvey

Homophilia

WOW Podcast Network

Comedy

4.4 • 926 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Legendary playwright/screenwriter of queer classic Beautiful Thing (and writer for Coronation Street, if you please) Jonathan Harvey joins Matt and Dave to talk about his youth as a "little camp queen,” The Sound of Music on the big screen, borrowing records from the Liverpool Record Library and twirling in the window, the UK’s Eurovision dominance in the ‘70s, the significance of Mama Cass, being outed by his trashcan, finding love on Twitter, his hit sitcom Gimme Gimme Gimme (available on YouTube and not to be missed), working with Kathy Burke and Olivia Colman, and his upcoming Eurovision-themed musical A Thong For Europe, opening in Liverpool this spring.

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0:00.0	In a world full of street people, aren't you glad there's Wow Presents Plus, the number one place in the world to see Dragras.
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0:16.2	subscribe to Wow Presents Plus.
0:18.6	Still only 499.
0:20.6	Subscribe today as streamed on TV. Yeah. Matt, this is this is a day I've waited for for years. This is this is a day I've waited for for years. This this has been this is this a dream come true. I'm so excited. I've really been waiting for this moment since you know the mid 90s since before podcasts were a gleam in anyone's eye.
1:05.0	My enthusiasm to talk to this gentleman has only grown,
1:10.0	is the writer of the incredible play and movie beautiful thing.
1:15.0	He's also an occasional writer for Coronation Street, which as you know I'm obsessed with.
1:19.0	And he seems to be calling him from a record store.
1:22.0	Jonathan Harvey. seems to be calling in from a record store.
1:22.6	Jonathan Harvey, welcome.
1:26.9	This is my office.
1:28.3	In one of the lockdowns I recreated
1:30.8	my teenage bedroom with various posters.
1:33.5	Oh, please walk us through what we're seeing.
1:35.6	I think I see it.
1:36.6	A bit of a lane stretch.
1:38.2	Great.
1:39.2	Have a bit of sound of music, secrets and lies. Lily Savage the drag queen,
1:45.9	everything, what more could you ask for?
1:47.6	All the greats.
1:48.6	Literally nothing.
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