South

The earliest surviving gay-themed British TV drama, South stars Peter Wyngarde as Lt Jan Wicziewsky, who visits a southern plantation as the American Civil War looms. The arrival of Eric MacClure (Gould) forces Wicziewsky to face up to his darkest secret: his love for another man. Barely two years after the Wolfenden Report, homosexuality was still taboo – making Wyngarde’s impassioned performance all the more extraordinary.

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Peter Wyngarde stars in Britain’s earliest surviving gay TV drama.

Status: Released

Release Date: 1959-11-24

Geners Drama

Production Companies Granada Television

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Run time: 80 minutes

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