Wolfenden Report
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The Report of the Departmental Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution (the Wolfenden report) was published on 4 September 1957. The chairman of the committee was Lord Wolfenden, who was asked look into whether homosexuality should remain illegal after three famous men, Lord Montagu, Michael Pitt-Rivers and Peter Wildeblood, were convicted and sent to prison for homosexual offences.
Recent portrayal
The story of the Wolfenden Report was told in the BBC drama “Consenting Adults”, written by Julian Mitchell and starring Charles Dance (Lord Wolfenden) and Sean Biggerstaff (Wolfenden’s gay son) [1].
