Twenty five years ago the morality campaigner Mrs Mary Whitehouse brought a prosecution against Michael Bogdanov, director of the National Theatre, over the production of Howard Brenton's The Romans in Britain, which included a simulated male rape. Based on interviews, transcripts and diaries, Mark Lawson's drama-documentary reconstructs the events of this famous freedom-of-speech case from rehearsals to the sensational trial at the Old Bailey. Actors Peter Sproule and Greg Hicks appear as themselves, with Eleanor Bron as Mrs Mary Whitehouse and Simon Callow as Peter Hall.
Producer Robyn Read: Director Simon Curtis
Mark Lawson on theatre in the dock: page 123