The Life and Death of Lily Savage

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Paul O'Grady was a national treasure, an ardent animal lover, and a professional chatterbox who became a much-loved fixture of primetime television - however, for more than 20 years he was a razor-tongued drag queen. Set against the backdrop of Margaret Thatcher's Britain, Clause 28 and the AIDS crisis, this is the story of Paul through the prism of his famous creation Lily Savage, an underground cabaret star who took mainstream television by storm - however, something extraordinary happened at the height of her fame as Lily Savage disappeared from TV, never to be seen again, and Paul O'Grady hung up Lily's wig for the last time in 2004. This documentary features Paul's closest friends and family - including his daughter Sharyn Mousley and sister Sheila Rudd for the first time on television - and interviews with Sir Ian McKellen, Julian Clary, Jo Brand, Alan Carr and Graham Norton among others as they unpick this forgotten chapter of Paul O'Grady's extraordinary story together.