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Stephen Fry meets Patrick Gale

29/07/2017

BBC Two - All Families Have Secrets - Patrick Gale's Art of Fiction

Stephen Fry meets Patrick Gale to discuss his first TV drama Man In An Orange Shirt.

Stephen Fry meets novelist Patrick Gale to discuss his latest project Man In An Orange Shirt, a two-part drama for the BBC's Gay Britannia season.

Stephen Fry has been a fan of best-selling novelist Patrick Gale for 30 years, ever since he emerged as a then rare example of being an out gay novelist. Today, they meet up to look back on some of Gale's best selling novels, including Notes From An Exhibition, and discuss his latest project Man In An Orange Shirt, a two-part drama that is part the BBC's Gay Britannia season, marking the 50th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality.

Patrick has always mined his family history in his novels but this time he decided to dig deeper than ever before and expose a secret about his parents' marriage.

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