LGBT Britain

Russell Tovey stars as a Premier League footballer who shares a fumbled pass (of the sexual kind) with a teammate (Arinzé Kene), changing everything - both on and off the pitch.

Five decades on from the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality, a range of LGBTQ+ stars (including Sir Elton John and Stephen Fry) reflect on Britain's history of prejudice, persecution and liberation.

Lisa Gornick's funny and frank drama sketches the relationship between a sex-obsessed lesbian illustrator and a randy hetero author, who bond over their favourite subject.

Robert Smith's Wild Flowers is an exquisite drama set at the funeral for a daughter, where her mother remembers the passionate yet painful affair she once had with another woman in Scotland.

Joe Orton’s delicious slice of suburban perversity, in which Beryl Reid’s lascivious landlady and her gay brother attempt to seduce their psychopathic tenant.

Surprisingly risqué TV adaptation of one of Joe Orton’s best known plays, filmed shortly after his murder.

A distinctly bold and sensual reclaiming of gay history, Jarman here tells the sexually intense story of the 4th-century martyr.

The mythological past and a soon-to-be bleak future converge on the sparse, grey streets of London in Jarman’s personal vision of the punk movement.

Derek Jarman’s brooding and darkly symbolic third feature is considered by some to be the most evocative Shakespeare adaptation ever to reach the screen.

Derek Jarman’s unique biopic of the 17th century Italian artist Michelangelo da Caravaggio is a powerful meditation on sexuality, criminality and art.

The Angelic Conversation sees Derek Jarman conjure an evocative and radical visualisation of Shakespeare’s love poems. With narration by Judi Dench and music by Coil.

Documentary on the life and work of experimental filmmaker, who died in 1994. Contributors including Tilda Swinton recall Jarman's peculiar genius.

Mapping how British film and TV depicts the gay and lesbian lifestyle, Andrea Weiss raids the archives for her funny and persuasive documentary.

A teenager (Ben Whishaw) pays a sexually charged visit to the swimming pool.

An elderly woman in a care home strikes up a sensual, nostalgic relationship with a young nurse.

Derek Jacobi and Daniel Craig star as artist Francis Bacon and his muse George Dyer in John Maybury’s darkly exquisite biopic.

Tilda Swinton stars in Sally Potter's dazzling interpretation of Virginia Woolf's novel.

The smash culture-clash comedy tells the incredible true story of how miners and a Gay Pride support group come together to fight a common cause.

Andrew Haigh's internationally acclaimed tale of a brief encounter between two gay men.

Ben Whishaw stars in an intimate portrait of two strangers brought together by the common language of grief.

What is lesbianism? What causes it? ITV's This Week attempts to demystify lesbian sexuality.

Silvio Narizzano adapts Joe Orton’s extraordinarily funny satire on police corruption and the conventions of detective fiction.

Edgy mixture of black comedy and urban drama about a woman uncovering the hidden truths about her dead lover.

A gay British-Chinese man refuses to date Chinese men. But then Jai Ming moves in next door.

A hard-hitting and often graphic documentary about the 'chemsex' sub-scene in London’s gay community.

Acclaimed filmmaker Andrew Haigh (Weekend, 45 Years) made his feature debut with this bold, sexually explicit drama-documentary about London rent boys.

Endearingly right-on concoction bringing together lesbians and gay men for dancing and debate at Heaven nightclub

An in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at London’s finest drag performers. Warning: extreme use of make-up and glitter.

John Hannah stars as a painfully shy gay man who escapes the city in Chris Newby’s extraordinary second feature.

Touching drama about a thirtysomething comedian looking for happiness.

Andrew Steggall’s deft and delicate drama about a teenage dreamer who falls for the rough beauty of local boy while staying in France.

From Sudan to the Greek islands via the East Midlands - a young gay woman seeks love, happiness and fulfilment

Are you ready to strut your stuff? Take a bracing, sexy cruise around the diverse 1980s gay scene.

The fabulous life and times of queer writer Kris Kirk, who became one of the UK’s most influential music journalists.

A female ‘end-of-the-pier’ double act find out a surprising secret about their landlady - and about each other.

John Maybury’s dark, queer state of the nation film starring Tilda Swinton and Rupert Everett

How did a cute, gay Essex boy go from oyster fishing to becoming the toast of the London arts scene?

Current affairs series This Week offers a non-judgmental report on homosexuality

Tommy Knight (The Sarah Jane Adventures, Waterloo Road, Young Victoria) stars in this light-hearted drama as Henry, a teenager struggling with his sexuality in 1986.

Neil Jordan's acclaimed 1992 drama-mystery tells the story of Fergus (Stephen Rea), who looks after the lover (Jaye Davidson) of a British soldier he once knew. But what is Dil hiding?

Hettie MacDonald’s 1996 comedy tells the story of two classmates and neighbours (Glen Berry, Scott Neal) who fall in love in over one summer in South East London.

Bryan Forbes directs the Oscar-nominated story of a French woman (Leslie Caron) moving to London while unmarried, pregnant, and alone.

Written for Channel 4 by radical literary theorist Terry Eagleton and directed by Derek Jarman, Wittgenstein is a bold, offbeat biography, exploring the politics and sexuality of the great, troubled philosopher.

Extraordinary 1970s sexploitation film, groundbreaking in its portrayal of interracial and homosexual sex.

The borstal drama – billed as the female Scum – features Amanda York and Kathy Burke as inmates of a ruthless women’s prison.