Coming Out

Coming Out

69 mins | Drama, Comedy, TV Movie | April 10, 1979

Lewis, a gay writer of romantic novels, writes an article on gay issues under the pseudonym of "Zippy Grimes." The reason for this is that he hasn't come out yet and he doesn't want to alienate his mainly female fan-base. The article is a great success and leads to a huge amount of reactions, mainly from other gay men who are leading a double life. He decides to meet a number of these letter writers and eventually is forced to come out.

Coming Out

69 mins | Drama, Comedy, TV Movie | April 10, 1979

Coming Out
Lewis, a gay writer of romantic novels, writes an article on gay issues under the pseudonym of "Zippy Grimes." The reason for this is that he hasn't come out yet and he doesn't want to alienate his mainly female fan-base. The article is a great success and leads to a huge amount of reactions, mainly from other gay men who are leading a double life. He decides to meet a number of these letter writers and eventually is forced to come out.
Producers BBC
Original title Coming Out
Directors Carol Wiseman
Writers James Andrew Hall

Cast

Anton Rodgers

as Lewis Duncan/Zippy Grimes

Nigel Havers

as Richie

Hywel Bennett

as Harry Essendorf

Michael Byrne

as Gunnar Wedelman

Richard Pearson

as Gerald Fox

Helen Cherry

as Mrs Cooper

Lynda La Plante

as Cecilia Plasche (as Lynda Marchal)

Roy Evans

as Charlie Rose

Ben Ellison

as Polo

Anthony Felton

as Brian

Davyd Harries

as Brian's Father

Melanie Gibson

as Judy

John Normington

as Letter Writer

Charlie Stewart

as Barman