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Using archive clips from from Basil Rathbone’s Sherlock Holmes to St Trinian’s and the Carry-On films via the Leather Boys and Victim, A Bit of Scarlet creates a moving and humorous testament to lesbian and gay representations in British film and television.

Narrated by Sir Ian McKellen.

COMMISSION AND CREW

1 x 90 mins for BFI

Producer: Rebecca Dobbs
Director: Andrea Weiss
Writer: Stuart Marshall
Narrator: Sir Ian McKellen

TRANSMISSION AND AVAILABILITY

Broadcast August, 1996 on Channel 4

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