Television WEDNESDAY
WEDNESDAY 19 JUNE
DOCUMENTARY
Adam Lambert: Out, Loud and Proud
9.00pm ITV1 Catch up via ITVX Adam Lambert has been singing with Queen for well over a decade, yet until now, he hasn’t sat down with Brian May and Roger Taylor on camera to speak openly about Freddie Mercury. Their conversation —about Mercury’s sexuality and their memories from a time when speaking plainly about being gay was taboo —is described by Lambert as a special moment in his one-off authored documentary about LGBTQ+ music artists.
No preview was available, but we’ve been promised a look back at the past 50 or so years of British pop culture, featuring some trailblazing musicians who have led the way with queer representation on stage. Lambert turns interviewer as he speaks to Erasure’s Andy Bell, Skunk Anansie’s Skin and comparative newcomer MNEK about their experiences and the battles they have faced.
“Even in today’s world there are challenges,” reflects Lambert. “But looking back at history, putting it into a retrospective gives you hope and makes you realise that positive strides have been made.”
TODAY AT EURO 2024
7.30pm (kick/off 8.00pm) BBC1 Catch up via iPlayer
The Tartan Army is on the march again after qualifying for back-to-back European Championships —and their journey continues with a clash against Switzerland that will likely evoke good memories. Indeed, Scottish fans could grow used to grand European tours thanks to Steve Clarke and his plucky team. But now they will hope to go further than simply turning up: they want a win.
Ally McCoist sealed Scotland’s last victory in a major tournament’s finals at Euro 1996... with a winner against Switzerland. Could history repeat itself 28 years later?
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CRAFT
8.00pm BBC2
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People often bring in much-loved toys, books, paintings or ceramics that they want restored to their former glory. However, in this edition first shown in 2022, Merlene’s precious item is a bit different. She has a pair of dressmaking scissors that belonged to her Jamaican mother May, a seamstress who would make outfits without using a pattern. Rather sweetly, all Merlene asks Jonathan Reid and Brenton West to do is “make them shine again”.
Meanwhile, Mark Stuckey is working on a radio that Vos’s ingenious Dutch grandfather hid in a book during the Second World War so he could secretly get information to pass on to the resistance.
SOAP
8.00pm ITV1 Catch up via ITVX The world of soap is reeling from the news that Helen Worth will soon exit the cobbles, having notched up 50 years as drama magnet Gail (there’s not enough room here to list all her surnames from her numerous doomed marriag
