Oscar

The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name

1985•50m•4.0/10

Drama

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4.0/10(5)

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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Ended

First Aired

March 26, 1985

Last Aired

March 28, 1985

Networks

BBC Two

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Gilded Youth

Air date: 1985-03-26

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.

Trials

Air date: 1985-03-27

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.

De Profundis

Air date: 1985-03-28

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.