Queer Eye

City on Fire to Queer Eye: the seven best shows to stream this week

A post 9/11 murder mystery from the makers of Gossip Girl, and the Fab Five are back to sprinkle their makeover magic on New Orleans. Plus: The Muppets Mayhem

Phil Harrison

05, May, 2023 @6:00 AM

Tan France: Beauty and the Bleach review – a completely devastating evocation of racist trauma

The Queer Eye presenter’s look into skin bleaching and colourism sees him sensitively interview Kelly Rowland, listen to abusive tweets – and reveal his own heart-rending past

Rachel Aroesti

27, Apr, 2022 @9:01 PM

Tan France: ‘I was conditioned to think light skin was better’

The Queer Eye star made headlines for revealing he bleached his skin aged nine. Now he has made a documentary confronting a culture of colourism in the UK

Ammar Kalia

15, Apr, 2022 @10:00 AM

Say hello to the Fab Fünf! Queer Eye’s German remake will leave you in tears

At first they look the same, but with a slightly wonky Jonathan Van Ness. But it’s not long before you’re touched by this heartwarming remake of the Netflix classic

Rebecca Nicholson

09, Mar, 2022 @12:32 PM

Jonathan Van Ness: ‘Systemic racism, toxic masculinity and capitalist greed drives society’

Jonathan Van Ness’s new Netflix show Getting Curious sees them investigate gender, skyscrapers and pooing bugs. But beneath the curiosity lies a deep-seated anger at inequality and discrimination

Alim Kheraj

07, Feb, 2022 @3:26 PM

Lego sued over leather jacket worn by toy Antoni in Queer Eye set

Artist James Concannon claims in lawsuit that toy company made a ‘blatant copy’ of a jacket he made for Queer Eye cast member Antoni Porowski

Sian Cain

17, Jan, 2022 @3:44 AM

Layton Williams: 'Snog Marry Avoid was ridiculously bad TV'

The star of Bad Education and Everybody’s Talking About Jamie on the show he is glad to see the back of, and why Queer Eye’s Fab Five make him cry

Interview by Hannah J Davies

11, Aug, 2020 @1:22 PM

Sun screen: the best TV shows to watch over the summer months

From Love Island to Queer Eye, as the longest day of the year beckons our writers pick their favourite summery television so you needn’t brave the outside world

Yomi Adegoke, Graeme Virtue, Rebecca Nicholson, Ann Lee, Jack Seale and Ammar Kalia

19, Jun, 2020 @8:00 AM

Beauty spot: how do you make a TV show about looks without being shallow?

The makeover show is on the comeback trail, attempting to ditch the noughties cruelty that so defined it. But Queer Eye is one of the very few to succeed

Yomi Adegoke

11, Jun, 2020 @8:00 AM

Queer Eye season five review – makeover show remains a thing of beauty

More than ever, the Fab Five step up to the plate with love and empathy, in a show that is as much about haircuts as it is heartrending moments

Rebecca Nicholson

05, Jun, 2020 @10:46 AM

'Friendly and gentle and sweet': how Jonathan Van Ness became my quarantine coach

Queer Eye’s beloved hair and self-care expert has a free fitness app. Could his workout tapes get an exercise-avoidant writer ‘quarantoned’ in the time of coronavirus?

Kate Leaver

30, Mar, 2020 @1:09 AM

'It was very hurtful' – what really happens when Queer Eye comes to town?

The Fab Five gave Kathi Dooley a makeover this year. She’s thrilled to have lost her mullet – but she could never have predicted the very public attack

Kate Abbott

30, Dec, 2019 @10:10 AM