DanielMays(LineOfDuty,RogueOne:AStarWarsStory,PublicEnemies)starsinBBCTwo'spowerfulfactualdramaasPeterWildeblood,athoughtfulandprivategayjournalistwhoseloverEddieMcNally(playedbynewcomertotelevision,RichardGadd),underpressurefromtheauthorities,turnedQueen'sevidenceagainsthiminoneofthemostexplosivecourtcasesofthe1950s-theinfamousMontaguTrial.Morethantenyearsbeforethedecriminalisationofhomosexualactsin1967,PeterWildeblood,andhisfriendsLordMontagu(MarkEdel-Hunt)andMichaelPitt-Rivers,werefoundguiltyofhomosexualoffencesandjailed.Withhiscareerintattersandhisprivatelifepainfullyexposed,Wildebloodbeganhissentenceabrokenman,butheemergedfromWormwoodScrubsayearlaterdeterminedtodoallhecouldtochangethewaythesedraconianlawsagainsthomosexualityimpactedonthelivesofmenlikehim .Daniel 說：“我非常自豪能夠參與一部講述如此重要的現實生活故事的戲劇。Peter Wildeblood 迷人、複雜但有缺陷的角色，在他生活在英國時非常困難zen-我不能讓它活起來。 rtheBBCTwoaudience.」PatrickHolland,ChannelEditor,BBCTwo,said:「50yearsago,itwasacrimetobeagaymanintheUK.AgainstTheLawisastunningpiecethatmeldsdramaanddocumentarytestimonytotellthestoryofoneman,andhiswidergeneration,astheystruggledtomakesocietyaccepttheirsexualityasnon-criminal.ItisbrillianttohaveafilmthatbringstheauthorshipofBrianFillis,thevisionofdirectorFergusO'Brien,andtheoutstandingtalentofDanielMaysandcasttothisimportantsubject」ThedramaalsofeaturesMarkGatiss(Taboo,Sherlock)asWildeblood'sprisonpsychiatrist,DoctorLandersandCharlieCreed-Miles(RipperStreet,PeakyBlinders)作為警司瓊斯。通過這部強有力的戲劇編織而成的真實生活證詞來自那些經歷過那些黑暗日子的人，當同性戀者經常被監禁或被迫接受化學厭惡療法以試圖治愈他們的“狀況”時。還有來自退休警察的證詞，他們的工作是為了執行這些法律，以及管理這些賬戶的前精神科護士為所謂的治愈所有人服務。我和你們一起潛入過去黑暗篇章的現實，仍然在過去，一個活生生的記憶。