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# Joe Lycett’s Big Pride Party captures viewers’ attention
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/joe-lycetts-big-pride-party-captures-viewers-attention/
- Published: 2022-07-05T12:00:35.000Z
- Updated: 2022-07-05T12:00:35.000Z
- Description: Comedian Joe Lycett hosted a Big Pride Party from his home city of Birmingham, live on Channel 4 on Sunday July 3, as part of the channel’s Proud All Over programming to celebrate 50 years of Pride in Britain, and viewers are already calling for the show to become a regular weekly fixture.
- Author: Catherine Muxworthy
- Tags: Arts, Television, Birmingham, Channel 4, Fatt Butcher, Joe Lycett, LGBT, LGBTQ, Pride

Comedian **Joe Lycett** hosted a **Big Pride Party** from his home city of **Birmingham**, live on **Channel 4** on **Sunday July 3**, as part of the channel’s **Proud All Over** programming to celebrate 50 years of Pride in Britain, and viewers are already calling for the show to become a regular weekly fixture.

The show included musical performances from **Boy George**, **Steps** and **Self Esteem**, plus conversations with celebrity guests including *Heartstopper* stars **Joe Locke** and **Yasmin Finney**, actor **Rupert Everett**, comedian **Mawaan Rizwan** and *RuPaul’s Drag Race UK* stars **Lawrence Chaney** and **Tia Kofi**, alongside drag king **Adam All**.

What’s more, the show was also attended by many of Birmingham’s LGBTQ+ figures, including; **Pride House**’s **Piero Zizzi;** artistic director of **Fierce Festival**, **Aaron Wright**; **Birmingham Pride**’s **Eva Echo;** and several drag performers including, **Dahliah Rivers**, **Cycki Brokat**, **Sophia Stardust**, **Blanche**, **Amber Cadaverous**, and **Fatt Butcher** – the latter of which quickly made the news after they were spotted sniffing poppers during the show.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/fatt-butcher-poppers-e1657022337880.jpg)

In an interview with *PinkNews*, Fatt Butcher said they could “neither confirm or deny” the rumours that they brought poppers to the Channel 4 filming. Adding that for them, poppers “are an integral part of queer nightlife culture and \[I\] think they have a kind of mystical, collective quality \[to them\].”

“Joe’s event was to mark 50 years of Pride, and I think we wanted to make \[sure\] that \[it\] was from a queer perspective and that we weren’t presenting a kind of sanitised version of what a queer, late-night, chaotic party might be,” Butcher explained.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/joe-lycett-pride-party-e1657022360603.jpg)

*Joe Lycett’s Big Pride Party* programme, which received 290,000 viewers – according to **Ratings UK**, courtesy of **BARB TV**, **Thinkbox** and **Broadcast** – when it aired from **9pm** has already received calls for it to become a weekly show every Friday.

**@beckieb31** wrote: “Please can #bigprideparty be a weekly programme with different LGBTQ+ guests on the show talking about different topics mixed with Joe Lycett’s fantastic humour of course.”

While another viewer, **@DanielJUK** added: “This felt like ‘90s TV again and totally needs a Friday night regular slot for LGBTQ+ TV #BigPrideParty.”

**Joe Lcyett’s Big Pride Party is available to [re-watch on All4](https://www.channel4.com/programmes/joe-lycetts-big-pride-party?ref=scenemag.co.uk).**