Section 28: Right to be Gay – BBC Radio 4 – Sound design and mix

Dasha Lisitsina from Samizdat Audio produced this great episode of Archive on 4 for BBC Radio 4, about the history of Section 28. Through interviews and archive, it tells the story of how a homophobic moral panic led to the creation of Section 28, a law banning the ‘promotion’ of homosexuality by local authorities and schools.

Section 28 was still in force until my final year at school, so this is the era I grew up in. It was fascinating to hear interviews with people who know the whole story of how it came about. I also really enjoyed getting to sound design this for Dasha! It’s always special when someone trusts you to bring a story they’ve worked so hard on to life in sound.

You can listen to the programme here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001yghw

It also got some very nice write ups in the radio review world! The Times called it an ‘essential listen’ and Miranda Sawyer from the Guardian called it a ‘fantastic listen’.