Channel 4 will be marking the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK by broadcasting a raft of programming to celebrate LGBT life in the UK.
A number of landmark productions are set to be broadcast on Channel 4 as it marks 50 years since homosexuality was decriminalised in England and Wales.
Not Guiltyย charts the stories of someย of theย 15,000 British men criminalisedย for offencesย under long-defunct anti-homosexuality laws. Epidemic (working title w/t) revealsย how anย unlikely coalition of gay campaigners Tory politicians, and pioneering doctors came together to fightย AIDS in the 1980s โ and changedย Britain foreverย in the process.ย Inย 50 Shades of Gay (w/t) Rupert Everett, in a series of surprising encounters with gay people of all ages, delivers his own personal take on the changes in gay life and culture that have happened in Britain in the past 50 years.ย Andย Coming Out (w/t) reveals howย while campaigners were battling Parliamentย for legal reforms, ย theย realย frontline in the fight to winย acceptanceย for gay culture was the arena of pop music.
Rob Coldstream, Commissioning Editor, Special Factual said,
“History can tell us as much about the present day as it does about the past andย Iโmย thrilledย to announceย this slate ofย programmesย โ its incredibly wide ranging but at its heart is brilliantย newย journalism, and a fresh lens onto theย past that offers new insights into our own times.” ย