Blasphemy at the Old Bailey
- Director: Hugh David
- Producer: Daniel Wolf
CGiii Comment
A fascinating look at LGBT recent history...
How a pugnacious and audacious woman - Mary Whitehouse - wreaked havoc...on the media, the creative industries and life in general...just because she didn't approve.
Mrs Whitehouse...the world is a better place without you and your hateful contagion.
No trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
In 1977, Gay News, UK, was committed to trial at the Old Bailey for publication of a blasphemous poem, entitled "The Love That Dare Speak its Name" by James Kirkup, which featured a Roman centurion having sexual fantasies about Christ on the cross. Media morals campaigner, Mary Whitehouse, initiated the charge against Gay News for the publication of a blasphemous poem. The programme features re-enactments of the scenes in court as the trial progressed, as well as interviews with Mary Whitehouse and Gay News editor, Denis Lemon.
Cast & Characters
John Beardmore as The Court Usher;
Donald Eccles as His Hon. Judge King-Hamilton QC;
Peter France as Himself - Reporter;
Terrence Hardiman as Mr. John Smyth;
Peter Machin as Denis Lemon;
Norman Rodway as Mr. John Mortimer QC;
Norman Rutherford as The Clerk of the Court;
Chris Sanders as The Foreman of the Jury;
Gareth Thomas as Mr. G. Robertson;
Mary Whitehouse as Herself - Documentary Interviewee