South
Peter Wyngarde stars in Britain’s earliest surviving gay TV drama.0.0
Plot
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.
Writer | Julian Green |
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Director | Mario Prizek |
Actor | Peter Wyngarde, Graydon Gould, Alan Gifford |
Country | N/A |
Production | Granada Television |