Victim

The 1961 film ‘Victim’, starring matinee idol Dirk Bogarde in the gamble of his career, is often credited with helping to change public attitudes to homosexuality.

This fast-moving drama follows the extraordinary mixture of bravery and pragmatism involved in getting a ground-breaking enterprise off the ground, providing a fascinating glimpse of Britain at a tipping point of social change.

Starring Ed Stoppard.

Sarah Wooley's drama about the making of 'Victim', the first British film to seriously address homosexuality.

Dirk Bogarde …. Ed Stoppard
Tony Forwood …. Simon Harrison
Basil Dearden …. Jonathan Aris
Janet Green …. Fenella Woolgar
Michael Relph …. Ben Miles
John Trevelyan …. Michael Moloney
Dorothy …. Julie Teal
Sylvia Sims …. Sarah Ridgeway
Alexander Walker …. Charlie Clements
Leo Abse MP/Trailer Announcer …. Simon Ludders
Sir Cyril Osborne MP/The Earl of Arran/Roy Jenkins MP …. Philip Fox

With:

Emilio Doorgasing
David Surzaker
Tom Forrister

Music by Neil Brand.

Director: Abigail le Fleming

First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in July 2017.