# @pinknews on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DMaabgiqsyV
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/32964575-pinknews-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-07-22T14:02:54.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** PinkNews (@pinknews) — https://gondola.cc/pinknews

## Caption

Did you know that Gavin & Stacey’s Alison Steadman, aka Pam Shipman, was part of the first lesbian kiss on British TV in 1974?

She appeared opposite Myra Frances depicting a pair of military officers in the then-controversial BBC play about gay women in the army, filmed as part of the drama anthology series Second City Firsts.

“I don’t think I realised at the time what a big deal it was,” she told the Radio Times.

“It was within the first two or three years of me doing television, but I was most concerned for my parents, really.“

"They were from a small community in Liverpool where everybody knew everybody and suddenly their daughter was on television doing a lesbian kiss! But they were so good about it,” she added.

#gavinandstacey #alisonsteadman #pamshipman #lesbian #kiss #lgbtqia

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## Tags

lgbtqia, kiss, lesbian, gavinandstacey, alisonsteadman, pamshipman

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