In the first part of a special 1967 BBC Man Alive report, Jeremy James interviews homosexuals about their feelings and the opinions of society towards them. The contributors include a hairdresser, a doctor and a woman whose husband committed suicide rather than face a court case that would have revealed his sexuality. The language used in the programme is often blunt and reflects the attitudes of the time. This documentary was filmed and broadcast before the Sexual Offences Act 1967 decriminalised homosexual acts in private in England and Wales between two men who had attained the age of 21.