Go Unlimited with Magzter GOLD

Get unlimited access to 10,000+ magazines, newspapers and Premium stories for just

$149.99

$74.99/Year

The Perfect Holiday Gift Gift Now

Love And Lies

TV & Satellite Week

July 29,2017

A moving drama explores two gay romances seven decades apart

- Caren Clark

The stark differences and poignant similarities between two gay love affairs 70 years apart are explored this week in BBC2’s compelling new drama Man in an Orange Shirt.

The two-parter, a highlight of the BBC’s Gay Britannia season, is the first TV drama from best-selling author Patrick Gale. It begins in 1944 as soldier Captain Michael Berryman (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) is reunited in Italy with a school friend, Thomas March (James McArdle), who is now a war artist.

The men fall deeply in love and during their time together after the conflict has ended, Thomas paints a portrait of his lover entitled Man in an Orange Shirt. But a shadow hangs over their liaison because Michael is about to marry his girlfriend, schoolteacher Flora, played by Joanna Vanderham.

After the wedding, Michael tries desperately to stay away from Thomas but when Flora discovers their secret, all their lives fall apart.

This story is from the July 29,2017 edition of TV & Satellite Week.

Subscribe to Magzter GOLD to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 10,000+ magazines and newspapers.

Already a subscriber? Sign In

Running SCARED

As Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones, Sophie Turner endured almost unbearable suffering. Now, in her new suspense movie Trust, she's facing misfortune again.