Oscar The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name

In the summer of 1891, Oscar Wilde first met Lord Alfred Douglas — an encounter that will dramatically and tragically change both of their lives.

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Drama
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First Aired on

Mar 26, 1985

1 seaons till Mar 28, 1985

Popularity: 0.4457
3 votes
Networks
(GB)
Status: Ended

Show Ended

Last episode: De Profundis

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 3 episodes

Season 1

Aired

3 Episodes
  • Episode 1Gilded Youth50 min

    At number 16, Tite Street, London, in the summer of 1891, a meeting takes place that will dramatically and tragically change the lives of the four people present.

  • Episode 2Trials50 min

    By 1894 Oscar Wilde was flourishing - acknowledged as the greatest wit and one of the finest playwrights in Britain. His close friendship with Bosie Douglas , however, had provoked a quarrel with Bosie's father, Lord Queensberry, which in the following spring came to a head when Oscar charged Queensberry with criminal libel.

  • Episode 3De Profundis50 min

    Following the sensational trials, and to the delight of the public and press, Oscar Wilde , found guilty of acts of gross indecency with various male persons, was incarcerated in Pentonville Prison in May 1895 to serve a sentence of two years' hard labour -an experience which would later produce one of his best known works, The Ballad of Reading Gaol.

Crew & Team

John Hawkesworth

Executive Producer

Carol Robertson

Producer