Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
8 episodes
E01
The Man on the Platform
In the first of eight short monologues written in response to the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act, a young man returning from the trenches of the First World War recollects a love that dared not speak its name.
E02
A Grand Day Out
In 1994, as the government votes on lowering the age of male homosexual consent, 17-year-old Andrew comes to London for the first time - with unexpected results.
E03
More Anger
Actors can easily feel typecast. But it's 1987, and with AIDS hitting the headlines a promising new part looks like a game-changer for Phil.
E04
Missing Alice
Alice and her husband share a secret, but with the publication of the Wolfenden Report in 1957 it may not need to be a secret anymore.
E05
I Miss the War
The 1967 Sexual Offences Act will revolutionise everything, won't it? Well, perhaps not as far as dapper gent Jackie is concerned.
E06
Safest Spot in Town
As the Blitz hits London, Fredrick is grateful that he survived in a very unlikely place of refuge.
E07
The Perfect Gentleman
Bobby is a swaggering man about town. But Bobby has a secret. Can it survive when it really matters?
E08
Something Borrowed
Steve, a groom-to-be, anxiously prepares his wedding speech. But now the big day is here, what has been won and what has been lost?
Cast
Russell Tovey
as Phil
Gemma Whelan
as Bobby
Alan Cumming
as Steve
Rebecca Front
as Alice
Ian Gelder
as Jackie
Kadiff Kirwan
as Fredrick
Ben Whishaw
as Perce
Fionn Whitehead
as Andrew