Criminally Queer: The Bolton 7

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Description

Seven men from Bolton have their lives changed forever.

Criminally Queer: The Bolton Seven looks back at one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in recent British LGBTQ+ history, and examines how this scarcely-known legal case played a significant role in the fight for gay rights.

A Reduced Listening production for BBC Sounds Audio Lab.

Producer and Presenter: Hugh Sheehan Original music composition and Sound Design: Hugh Sheehan Executive Producer: Anishka Sharma Mix Engineer: Arlie Addlington Commissioning Editor: Khaliq Meer

Archive material courtesy of Roger Bolton Productions.


Episode Date
5. An Honourable History
Feb 25, 2025
4. A Victimless Crime
Feb 25, 2025
3. To Protect Public Morality
Feb 25, 2025
2. The Privacy of Four Walls
Feb 25, 2025
1. Personal Blue
Feb 25, 2025
Welcome to Criminally Queer: The Bolton 7
Feb 17, 2025