Graydon Gould and Peter Wyngarde in the ITV drama South / Queerty

Move Over “Downton,” 1950s UK Period Piece “South” May Have Been The First Gay Drama On TV

By: Lester Brathwaite
On: Mar 19, 2013
Tagged: British Film Institute, dirk bogarde, Film, gay films, gay history, gay television, gay tv, gay tv characters, Television, TV, UK

3 Comments

No. 1 · fagburn
This story is almost as old as the programme now.
Try and keep up Queerty!

Mar 19, 2013 at 10:21 am · @Reply ·
No. 2 · Matthew Rettenmund
This piece is written as if Peter Wyngarde is long dead…but he’s alive. Thanks for the article, though.

Mar 19, 2013 at 11:19 am · @Reply ·
No. 3 · yaoming
Homosexuality was illegal in the U.K until 1967, so this is all the more interesting, dating from 1959.

Mar 19, 2013 at 12:48 pm · @Reply ·