Against The Law

Biographical drama directed by Fergus O'Brien and starring Daniel Mays and Richard Gadd. Journalist Peter Wildeblood (Mays) was one of the first people in Britain to publicly declare his homosexuality. Living in the 1950s when homosexuality was illegal, Wildeblood and his partner Eddie McNally (Gadd) refused to conceal their relationship and were imprisoned for their love.

Their case, along with the punishment of many others for their sexuality, helped gather wider support for the push to decriminalise private acts of homosexuality in Britain.