A Hundred Years Of Queers
An Eight Part Short Film Anthology
This year, 2017, marks the 50th anniversary of The Sexual Offences Act, which (partially) decriminalized homosexuality in England, and is seen as a major piece of legislation in support of gay rights in the country. To celebrate the occasion, the BBC is making a new short-form anthology series, Queers, to highlight a century of gay culture in the country.
Created by Mark Gatiss (Sherlock), the eight-part series consists of 15-minute monologues, all set in a single London pub across a one hundred year span, showcasing the historical evolution of British homosexuality. The series blends comedy, drama, history, and stage-like production to create a wholly unique, distinctly English view of the LGBT movement. Some episodes lean more towards the comedic, while some are more dramatic; taken as a whole, the series aims to encompass every angle of the gay experience, as well as a historical rundown of major LGBT events in British history.
Gatiss directs each episode and wrote one, although the rest are from a slew of writers, including Michael Dennis, Brian Fillis, and Matthew Baldwin, many of whom are writing for television for the first time in their careers.The star-studded cast of the historical (and historic) series includes Ben Whishaw (London Spy), Alan Cumming (Cabaret), Russell Tovey (Quantico), Rebecca Front (War and Peace), and Fionn Whitehead (Dunkirk).
Queers debuts October 14 on BBC America.
