Worried About the Boy: who was who in the 80s

The BBC2 drama Worried About the Boy charts the rise of Culture Club and singer Boy George. But who's who in this 80s tale – and what happened next?Boy GeorgeBorn in south London in 1961, George O'Dowd was one of the Blitz club kids who turned a life of dressing up on the dole into a career, as the beribboned and elaborately made-up singer of Culture Club. Always quick with a quip – he turned himself into a gay-you-like mascot for jittery middle England by telling chatshow host Russell Harty...

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