• "I definitely put on a straight persona. It's exhausting!" - Andrew Hayden Smith

  • Sep 18 2024
  • Length: 58 mins
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"I definitely put on a straight persona. It's exhausting!" - Andrew Hayden Smith

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  • Nigel's guest today is Andrew Hayden-Smith. Andrew rose to fame on the cult kids’ TV show Byker Grove in the late 1990s and early noughties and went on to be a pretty much permanent fixture on kids’ TV for many years.


    He was the poster boy for countless teen magazines and ended up hosting Children’s BBC, the most wholesome of telly jobs. So when Andrew decided to come out as a gay man at the age of 21 in the pages of Attitude Magazine it caused quite a splash. But thankfully this didn’t stop him from going on to star in popular TV shows like Hollyoaks, Dr Who and Cucumber.


    This series is a celebration of a beautiful queer community; people of all ages, people who have had to tread their own path to live their real truth, who have fought with their emotions and emerged victorious, who inspire, who aspire and always entertain. Hosted by Nigel May. Every week, Nigel speaks to a person from the LGBTQ+ rainbow to hear their story; one person, one life, one conversation. And guaranteed, a Gay Old Time!


    Follow us on instagram @agayoldtimepodcast


    Produced by Pineapple Audio Production


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