Seven men from Bolton have their lives changed forever.
Criminally Queer: The Bolton Seven looks back at one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in recent British LGBTQ+ history, and examines how this scarcely-known legal case played a significant role in the fight for gay rights.
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Sounds Audio Lab.
Producer and Presenter: Hugh Sheehan Original music composition and Sound Design: Hugh Sheehan Executive Producer: Anishka Sharma Mix Engineer: Arlie Addlington Commissioning Editor: Khaliq Meer
Archive material courtesy of Roger Bolton Productions.
Seven men from Bolton have their lives changed forever.
Criminally Queer: The Bolton Seven looks back at one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in recent British LGBTQ+ history, and examines how this scarcely-known legal case played a significant role in the fight for gay rights.
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Sounds Audio Lab.
Producer and Presenter: Hugh Sheehan Original music composition and Sound Design: Hugh Sheehan Executive Producer: Anishka Sharma Mix Engineer: Arlie Addlington Commissioning Editor: Khaliq Meer
Archive material courtesy of Roger Bolton Productions.
Criminally Queer: The Bolton 7 looks back at one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in recent British LGBTQ+ history, and examines how this scarcely-known legal case played a significant role in the fight for gay rights.
The men’s ordeal had tragic and abhorrent consequences. And they weren’t alone.
But in the wake of their legal battle the Bolton 7 were defiant and fervent in their desire to fight back.
Hugh Sheehan also hears directly from former Home Secretary Jack Straw and Liberal Democrat MP Evan Harris; politicians who were trying to change laws regarding sex between men at the time.
Criminally Queer is a Reduced Listening Production for BBC Sounds Audio Lab.
Producer and Presenter: Hugh Sheehan Original Music and Sound Design: Hugh Sheehan Executive Producer: Anishka Sharma Mix Engineer: Arlie Addlington Artwork: Tom Cunningham Commissioning Editor: Khaliq Meer
Archive material courtesy of Roger Bolton Productions.