The Problematic Gaze
by David Moor and Lee Arnott
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About this podcast
Winner - ‘Best History Podcast’ - Independent Podcast Awards 2025
‘Top 30 Podcasts To Listen To Right Now’ - The Radio Times 2025
Direct from PG Towers, join social historian Dr Lee Arnott and TV producer Dave Moor for a lighthearted look at the world of TV, Film and Popular Culture of yesteryear that has since been considered problematic. Each week we focus on a different piece of pop culture, and put it into context by looking at the news events and cultural landscape of the year it was released. Out and proud, Dr Lee and Our Dave present a humorous take on life as LGBTQ+ men of a glorious age, and present a digestible mix of academic social commentary, unflinching life lessons, media analysis, and hot takes on feminism, race, politics and cancel culture.
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Episodes
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- 'Ghostwatch' REWATCHED! (1992): The Halloween TV Show That Terrified Britain · 52 min · Season 4 Episode 172Channel 5 is bringing Ghostwatch back into the spotlight this Halloween with a brand-new documentary, Ghostwatch: The Night That Terrified Britain, airing on Saturday 31 October…
- Carrie (1976): Prom Night, Periods & the Horror of Being a Teenage Girl · 1 h 8 min · Season 4 Episode 171Periods, pig's blood, religious repression and quite possibly the worst school prom in cinema history. Welcome to Carrie! Hello Gazers! This week we're going back to 1976 for…
- Casino Royale (2006): Daniel Craig, Bond Girls & a Very Gay 007 Ranking · 1 h 4 min · Season 4 Episode 170Daniel Craig in tiny swimming trunks, a very dangerous poker game, and the important question: which James Bond is actually the sexiest? Hello Gazers! This week we're dusting off…
- THE GAZETTE: Carrie, Reform Exposed, Celebrity Traitors vs Big Brother & Listener Mail · 33 min · Season 4 Episode 169Click here to visit our YouTube Channel! We're back! After a week off, we're reunited in the cellar at PG Towers, accompanied by Fontaine the dog, a little background building…
- Dynasty: The Moldavian Massacre (1985) Joan Collins & 80s Excess · 1 h 11 min · Season 4 Episode 168Watch our 'Dynasty and the 80's' YouTube playlist! Click here Shoulder pads, champagne, catfights and a royal wedding that ends in a bloodbath. Hello Gazers! This week we're…
- The League of Gentlemen (2000): Could Royston Vasey Exist Today? · 56 min · Season 4 Episode 167Watch our YouTube playlist to find out more aboutThe League of Gentlemen and life in 2000 Click here to watch our chosen episode of The League Of Gentlemen on I-Player Hello…
- THE GAZETTE: Celebrity Traitors is back!! · 26 min · Season 4 Episode 166Hello Gazers! Welcome to our weekly Gazette! We're still circling Jaws (1975) this week — although apparently the most contentious part of our entire discussion isn't the shark…
- Jaws (1975): The Blockbuster That Made Us Afraid of Sharks · 53 min · Season 4 Episode 165Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water… This week we're heading to Amity Island for Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975) — the film that terrified a generation…
- THE GAZETTE: Furious, Last Seen, Strictly Shake-Ups & Streaming Annoyances · 28 min · Season 4 Episode 164Hello Gazers! The postbag is open and A Taste of Honey has got you talking. Listener John Bishop—not that one—gives the film a whopping 9/10, remembers a Welsh stage production…
- A Taste of Honey (1961): Interracial Romance, Queer Britain & Kitchen Sink Realism · 52 min · Season 4 Episode 163Visit our YouTube playlist to find out more about "A Taste Of Honey" and the cultural landscape of Britain in 1961 Interracial romance. Teenage pregnancy. Homosexuality. An…
- THE GAZETTE: Doctor Who’s Future, Coma Song Nightmares and Film Star Crushes! · 31 min · Season 4 Episode 162Click here to check out our new YouTube playlists, this week it accompanies our last main episode on UK sitcom 'Bread' from 1986 Click here to watch the documentary on Shelagh…
- Bread (1986): The Boswells, Benefit Fraud & Life in 80s Liverpool · 57 min · Season 4 Episode 161Click here to watch the episode of Bread discussed in this show on YouTube This week we're heading to Liverpool to revisit Bread, Carla Lane's hugely popular BBC sitcom about the…
- THE GAZETTE: Dam Busters Backlash, Star Wars & a Very Important Poo Stick · 23 min · Season 4 Episode 160Welcome Gazers to this weeks Gazette! This week we're dealing with some of the social-media reaction to our Dam Busters episodes. We're also returning to The Dam Busters'…
- The Dam Busters (1955): Bouncing Bombs, British Heroes & the Truth Behind the Legend · 57 min · Season 4 Episode 159This week we're heading back to 1955 for bouncing bombs, stiff upper lips and one of the most famous pieces of music in British cinema as we revisit The Dam Busters. Based on the…
- THE GAZETTE: Dolly, Gloria Steinem, Wentworth & Dogs Behaving Strangely · 24 min · Season 4 Episode 158Click this link to watch the Dolly Parton documentary on YouTube discussed in this episode Click here to visit our YouTube Channel This week at PG Manor we're feeling slightly…
- 'Grange Hill': Racism, Heroin & Why Mary Whitehouse Hated It · 1 h 2 min · Season 4 Episode 157Hello Gazers! We watched three episodes of Grange Hill discussed in this podcast: Click here to watch the Racism episode from 1983 on YouTube Click here to watch the first Zammo…
- THE GAZETTE: Tim Curry & Dolly Parton, Storm Chaos and Grange Hill · 24 min · Season 4 Episode 156It's been quite a week. We've survived biblical weather, failed to see The Human League and said goodbye to two absolute legends: Tim Curry and Dolly Parton. We begin back at PG…
- Saturday Night Fever (1978 UK): The Disco Classic Is Much Darker Than You Remember · 53 min · Season 4 Episode 155Pull on your flares, practise that pointing pose and dust off that Bee Gees soundtrack because this week we're revisiting Saturday Night Fever—although the film we actually…
- Prime Suspect (1991): Helen Mirren, Sexism & the Drama That Changed TV Crime · 43 min · Season 4 Episode 154To watch the first series of Prime Suspect discussed in this episode, click here to watch on YouTube Grab your notebook, light another cigarette and prepare for some extremely…
- THE GAZETTE: Funny-Tasting Water, Ingrid Pitt’s Incredible Escape & Eclipse Disappointment · 18 min · Season 4 Episode 153Something strange is happening to the water, Ingrid Pitt may have had an even more extraordinary life than we realised, and Lee has travelled all the way to Tooting Common to…
