Man in an Orange Shirt

Episode 1

Episode #1.1

Sun, Jun 17, 2018

Featuring a cast including Oscar-winning actress Vanessa Redgrave, Man in an Orange Shirt charts the challenges and huge changes to gay lives from the Second World War to the present: In 1944, British Army Captain Michael Berryman (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) meets war artist Thomas March (James McArdle) in Southern Italy while chaos reigns all around them. Despite having a young fiance, Flora (Joanna Vanderham), waiting at home for him, straight-laced Michael finds himself falling for Thomas' bohemian charms. In 2017, an aging Flora (Redgrave) looks on as her grandson, Adam (Julian Morris), tentatively forms a relationship with his client Steve (David Gyasi) in a more accepting world. But while the external obstacles have fallen away, a minefield of internalized issues and dangerous temptations still line the road to happiness.