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Hindsight

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Five programmes that draw on past experience. 3: In 1957 John Wolfenden published his controversial report on homosexuality. It recommended that homosexual acts between consenting male adults over 21 and in private be decriminalised. Polly Toynbee and her guests, Mathew Parris ,
Anthony Grey and Simon Watney , look at this report and its legacy, and at the struggle for homosexual rights today. Producer Sue Davies (R)

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John Wolfenden
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Polly Toynbee
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Mathew Parris
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Anthony Grey
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Simon Watney
Producer:
Sue Davies
Source: Radio Times

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