South

Peter Wyngarde stars in Britain’s earliest surviving gay TV drama.

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.

Peter Wyngarde

Lt Jan Wicziewsky

Graydon Gould

Eric MacClure

Alan Gifford

Broderick

John Harrison

Uncle John

Helena Hughes

Regina

Karl Lanchbury

Jimmy

Karal Gardner

Angelina