MAN IN AN ORANGE SHIRT
DRAMA / ROMANTIC DRAMA
UNITED KINGDOM
2017
MAN IN AN ORANGE SHIRT is a two-part British television film from the BBC. It was produced by Kudos Film and Television and premiered on BBC One on 31 July 2017. It has two separate but intertwined stories. MAN IN AN ORANGE SHIRT consists of 2 episodes of 1 hour.
STORY: The film drama tells three love stories from two generations of a family, in the 1940s and in 2017. Man in an Orange Shirt contains two separate but intertwined stories: Part 1 tells of the obstacles Western society throws up in the love relationship of the two veterans Michael and Thomas in the immediate post-war period. Part 2 describes the trials and tribulations of 21st century partnerships, using the example of Michael's grandson. The stories are connected by Flora, as Michael's grieving wife and Adam's grandmother, whose unrequited love for Michael and conservative upbringing results in a hateful reaction to Adam's coming out.
GAY COUPLE STORYLINE 1: Michael Berryman (Oliver Jackson-Cohen), is a captain in the British Army, stationed in Italy. During a mission, Michael is reunited with an old classmate, Captain Thomas March (James McArdle), who was badly injured in the attack. Michael is close as Thomas recovers and before Thomas returns to England, the men share a kiss. Thomas makes Michael promise to visit him in London after the war. Immediately upon his return, Michael visits Thomas before even telling his girlfriend Flora (Joanna Vanderham) that he is back. Michael and Thomas spend a perfect weekend away from the world at the old mansion once owned by Michael's late parents. As their short time together comes to an end, Michael tells a very upset Thomas of his intention to marry Flora. Thomas eventually agrees to be Michael's best man and gives the couple a painting of the cottage as a wedding present.
Thomas March (James McArdle) & Michael Berryman (Oliver Jackson-Cohen)
JAMES McARDLE (2017) April 3, 1989, Glasgow, UK
OLIVER JACKSON-COHEN (2017) October 24, 1986, Westminster, London, UK
GAY COUPLE STORYLINE 2: Sixty years later, in 2017, Adam (Julian Morris), a veterinarian and the only grandchild of the widow and elderly Flora (Vanessa Redgrave). He is constantly looking for new male casual sex partners using a mobile app. After Flora Adam leaves his grandfather's old cottage, he hires architect Steve (David Gyasi), who has an open relationship with the elder Caspar (Julian Sands). Despite Adam's fear of intimacy, he begins a love affair with Steve, who eventually tells Caspar that he is leaving him for Adam. As Flora discovers the relationship and thus Adam's sexual.
Adam Berryman (Julian Morris) & Steve (David Gyasi)
JULIAN MORRIS (2017) January 13, 1983, Crouch End, London, UK
DAVID GYASI (2017) January 2, 1980, Hammersmith, UK
SPECIAL: The story is based in part on the family history of British bestselling author Patrick Gale, who celebrated his screenplay debut. Like Flora Berryman, Gale's mother had found a stack of love letters from a male friend in her husband's desk shortly after World War II ended. She also destroyed the letters, fearing he would be arrested, and out of disgust and ignorance, because she had learned homosexuality was linked to paedophilia.
AWARDS: ‘MAN IN AN ORANGE SHIRT’ The film won an International Emmy Award for Best TV Movie or Miniseries in 2018. 1 win and 1 nomination..
8.0 IMDB
