DanielMays(LineOfDuty,RogueOne:AStarWarsStory,PublicEnemies)starsinBBCTwo'spowerfulfactualdramaasPeterWildeblood,athoughtfulandprivategayjournalistwhoseloverEddieMcNally(playedbynewertotelevision,RichardGadd),underpressurefromtheauthorities,turnedQueen'sevidenceagainsthiminoneofthemostexplosivecourtcasesofthe1950s-theinfamousMontaguTrial.Morethantenyearsbeforethedecriminalisationofhomosexualactsin1967,PeterWildeblood,andhisfriendsLordMontagu(MarkEdel-Hunt)andMichaelPitt-Rivers,werefoundguiltyofhomosexualoffencesandjailed.Withhiscareerintattersandhisprivatelifepainfullyexposed,Wildebloodbeganhissentenceabrokenman,butheemergedfromWormwoodScrubsayearlaterdeterminedtodoallhecouldtochangethewaythesedraconianlawsagainsthomosexualityimpactedonthelivesofmenlikehim.Danielsays:「I'mincrediblyproudtobepartofadramathattellssuchanimportantreal-lifestory.PeterWildebloodisafascinating,plex,yetflawedcharacterfromatimewhenbeingagaymaninBritainwasincrediblydifficult-Ican'twaittobringhistaletolifefortheBBCTwoaudience.」PatrickHolland,ChannelEditor,BBCTwo,said:「50yearsago,itwasacrimetobeagaymanintheUK.AgainstTheLawisastunningpiecethatmeldsdramaanddocumentarytestimonytotellthestoryofoneman,andhiswidergeneration,astheystruggledtomakesocietyaccepttheirsexualityasnon-criminal.ItisbrillianttohaveafilmthatbringstheauthorshipofBrianFillis,thevisionofdirectorFergusO'Brien,andtheoutstandingtalentofDanielMaysandcasttothisimportantsubject」ThedramaalsofeaturesMarkGatiss(Taboo,Sherlock)asWildeblood'sprisonpsychiatrist,DoctorLandersandCharlieCreed-Miles(RipperStreet,PeakyBlinders)asSuperintendentJones.Woventhroughthispowerfuldramaisreal-lifetestimonyfromachorusofmenwholivedthroughthosedarkdays,whenhomosexualswereroutinelyimprisonedorforcedtoundergochemicalaversiontherapyinanattempttocurethemoftheir"condition".Thereisalsotestimonyfromaretiredpoliceofficerwhosejobitwastoenforcetheselaws,andaformerpsychiatricnursewhoadministeredtheso-calledcures.Alloftheseaccountsservetoamplifythethemesofthedramaandhelptoimmerseusintherealityofadarkchapterinourrecentpast,apaststillwithinthereachoflivingmemory.其实类似题材的电影看过一些了，我觉得这个最新的点是同性恋本身也有分类和冲突，就像《羞耻》里面小天使和福禄寿的对话一样。男主认为同性恋有三类，一类是最多的discreet group,从表面上与直男没什么不同，一类是娘娘腔，他们由于生理心理的原因相信自己是女性，一类是恋童癖。但是就我自己浅显的认知，我觉得有一些受不一定认为自己是女性，但是仍然娘娘腔，有一些攻的角色也很张扬，所以，我对这个分类方式是不太认同的。