South

Now recognised as the earliest surviving gay-themed British television drama, this ITV Play of the Week centres on Lt. Jan Wicziewsky (Peter Wyngarde), a guest on a wealthy family’s Deep South plantation as the American Civil War looms... Just two years after the Wolfenden Report, homosexuality was still taboo. Though the word itself is not mentioned, Wyngarde’s bravery in taking on the role cannot be overstated. (BFI)