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Series of documentaries looking at life in modern-day Northern Ireland

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BBC Northern Ireland region started on 19th April 1955 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One Northern Ireland.

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Gillian Callan

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Justin Binding

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Out of the Shadows

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Series 10

BBC One - True North, Series 10, Out of the Shadows

Documenting the story of the gay men who fought to change the law.

Documenting the story of the gay men who fought to change the law and strove to find their identity and place in society, despite being arrested and interrogated.

Stories of gay liberation in Northern Ireland. 

Until 1982, homosexuality was illegal in Northern Ireland. This film tells the story of the men who bravely fought to change the law and strove to find their identity and place in society. Arrested, interrogated and forced to love in secret, it is a story of liberation against the odds. A story which helped change gay rights in Northern Ireland forever.

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