South
The earliest surviving gay-themed British TV drama, South stars Peter Wyngarde as Lt Jan Wicziewsky, who visits a southern plantation as the American Civil War looms. The arrival of Eric MacClure (Gould) forces Wicziewsky to face up to his darkest secret: his love for another man. Barely two years after the Wolfenden Report, homosexuality was still taboo – making Wyngarde’s impassioned performance all the more extraordinary.
- genus: Drama
- Studio: Granada Television
- keyword: forbidden love, romance
- cast: Peter Wyngarde, Graydon Gould, Alan Gifford, John Harrison, Helena Hughes, Karl Lanchbury
