Between 19, Glitter had 26 hit singles which spent a total of 180 weeks in the UK Top 100 twelve of those reached the Top 10, with three charting at number 1. A slight decline in the late 1970s was followed by a successful comeback as a solo artist again from the 1980s. From 1997, he returned to public notice for committing sex offences, being imprisoned for possession of child pornography in 1999, and child sexual abuse and attempted rape in 20.Īfter performing under the name Paul Raven in the 1960s, he first came to prominence as Gary Glitter in the glam rock era of the early 1970s, with a sustained solo UK chart run of hits including "Rock and Roll, Parts One and Two", "Do You Wanna Touch Me", "I Love You Love Me Love", "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)", and "Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again". He sold over 20 million records, spent 168 weeks in the UK charts and had 21 hit singles placing him in the top 100 UK most successful chart acts. He was known for his extreme glam image of glitter suits, makeup and platform boots, and his energetic live performances. His family don't want the likely site of his grave disturbed, but relatives of others who may lie alongside the poet disagree.Paul Francis Gadd (born ), known by the stage name Gary Glitter, is an English former glam rock singer-songwriter and musician who achieved great popular success between the early 1970s and mid-1980s. The question comes into sharpest relief with the case of Federico García Lorca.
Is this wise? Michael Portillo, whose own father was forced into exile, investigates. Now, thanks to a Law of Historical Memory, the graves of the old dictator's victims are being exhumed. It was a way of helping Spain make the transition to democracy. When Franco died, both sides agreed that atrocities from the civil war era should be set aside.
Further proof that everything has to be about celebrity today. It's meant to spark a debate, but the anti brigade's arguments are barely represented. All this, however, is overshadowed by the sheer barking, bat-droppings bizarreness of the premise. As verite drama, it's actually well done, with pseudo-documentary appearances from Gary Bushell and Ann Widdecombe, while Hilton McRae is superb as Gadd. and that the first victim of the new law is Paul Gadd, aka Gary Glitter, for his crimes against underage children.
This one-off drama imagines that their wish has been granted. The majority of adults in the UK wish to see the death penalty restored. No one's going to win any Baftas, but, having seen the first one, you'll probably want to see it through. Each has a backstory, and some intrigue, occasionally criminal, to which they would not necessarily wish to draw the attention of police officers investigating the accident. It's being run each night of the week and tells, in instalments, the various stories of those involved in a multiple motorway pile-up. The definition of "petty" has become somewhat elastic, however: reporter Shelley Jofre meets three recent victims of shockingly violent assaults, now living with their injuries and the knowledge that their attackers were allowed to walk away.Ĭo-written by Anthony Horowitz, this new drama represents a novel bit of formatting for ITV. Panorama delves into what are quaintly known as "out-of-court punishments" – cautions and fines dished out for "petty" offences to spare the hassle and expense of full-blown court appearances.