After eight series and three spin-offs, the BBC has ended its run of Drag Race UK, a casualty of a £500 million cost-cutting effort that is reshaping what Britain's public broadcaster can afford to offer its audiences. The show, which gave queer culture a mainstream stage and drew millions of viewers, will continue on the streaming platform WOW Presents Plus — but its departure from free-to-air television raises a question older than any budget crisis: who gets to see themselves reflected in the stories a nation tells about itself, and at what cost do we stop telling them.