Drama on 3: Victim, by Sarah Wooley

A drama about the making of Victim, the first British film to address homosexuality seriously. The 1961 film, starring matinee idol Dirk Bogarde in the gamble of his career, is often credited with helping to change public attitudes to homosexuality. The drama follows the mixture of bravery and pragmatism involved in the process of making the film, providing a portrait of Britain at a tipping point of social change. WIth Ed Stoppard, Simon Harrison, Jonathan Aris, Fenella Woolgar, Ben Miles, Michael Maloney, Julie Teal, Sarah Ridgeway, Charlie Clements, Simon Ludders and Philip Fox. Directed by Abigail le Fleming