england,biography,male homosexuality,lgbt,1950s

Consenting Adults (2007)

Poster for Consenting Adults

Fifty years ago, a Home Office committee chaired by Wolfenden, then vice-chancellor of Reading University, recommended the decriminalization of homosexuality. But behind the scenes of what was to become a turning point in British social history, there was an even more extraordinary story. Jack's son Jeremy, then a brilliant undergraduate at Oxford, was himself gay, something his father could not bring himself to acknowledge.

Cast & Crew

Director
Richard Curson Smith
  • Profile picture of Matt Ryan
    Charlie Bullard Matt Ryan
  • Profile picture of Charles Dance
    Jack Wolfenden Charles Dance
  • Profile picture of Sean Biggerstaff
    Jeremy Wolfenden Sean Biggerstaff
  • Profile picture of Samantha Bond
    Jill Wolfenden Samantha Bond
  • Profile picture of Mel Smith
    David Maxwell Fyfe Mel Smith
  • Profile picture of Pip Torrens
    Frances Graham Harrison Pip Torrens
  • Profile picture of Amy Phillips
    Priscilla Wolfenden Amy Phillips
  • Profile picture of Haydn Gwynne
    Mary Cohen Haydn Gwynne

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Keywords

  • england
  • biography
  • male homosexuality
  • lgbt
  • 1950s