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DanielMays(LineOfDuty,RogueOne:AStarWarsStory,PublicEnemies)starsinBBCTwo’sowerfulfactualdramaasPeterWildeblood,athoughtfulandrivategayjournalistwhoseloverEddieMcNally(layedbynewcomertotelevision,RichardGadd),underressurefromtheauthorities,turnedQueen’sevidenceagainsthiminoneofthemostexlosivecourtcasesofthe1950s-theinfamousMontaguTrial.Morethantenyearsbeforethedecriminalisationofhomosexualactsin1967,PeterWildeblood,andhisfriendsLordMontagu(MarkEdel-Hunt)andMichaelPitt-Rivers,werefoundguiltyofhomosexualoffencesandjailed.Withhiscareerintattersandhisrivatelifeainfullyexosed,Wildebloodbeganhissentenceabrokenman,butheemergedfromWormwoodScrubsayearlaterdeterminedtodoallhecouldtochangethewaythesedraconianlawsagainsthomosexualityimactedonthelivesofmenlikehim.Danielsays:「I’mincrediblyroudtobeartofadramathattellssuchanimortantreal-lifestory.PeterWildebloodisafascinating,comlex,yetflawedcharacterfromatimewhenbeingagaymaninBritainwasincrediblydifficult-Ican’twaittobringhistaletolifefortheBBCTwoaudience.」PatrickHolland,ChannelEditor,BBCTwo,said:「50yearsago,itwasacrimetobeagaymanintheUK.AgainstTheLawisastunningiecethatmeldsdramaanddocumentarytestimonytotellthestoryofoneman,andhiswidergeneration,astheystruggledtomakesocietyaccettheirsexualityasnon-criminal.ItisbrillianttohaveafilmthatbringstheauthorshiofBrianFillis,thevisionofdirectorFergusO’Brien,andtheoutstandingtalentofDanielMaysandcasttothisimortantsubject」ThedramaalsofeaturesMarkGatiss(Taboo,Sherlock)asWildeblood’srisonsychiatrist,DoctorLandersandCharlieCreed-Miles(RierStreet,PeakyBlinders)asSuerintendentJones.Woventhroughthisowerfuldramaisreal-lifetestimonyfromachorusofmenwholivedthroughthosedarkdays,whenhomosexualswereroutinelyimrisonedorforcedtoundergochemicalaversiontherayinanattemttocurethemoftheirquot;conditionquot;.Thereisalsotestimonyfromaretiredoliceofficerwhosejobitwastoenforcetheselaws,andaformersychiatricnursewhoadministeredtheso-calledcures.Alloftheseaccountsservetoamlifythethemesofthedramaandheltoimmerseusintherealityofadarkchaterinourrecentast,aaststillwithinthereachoflivingmemory.
