High emotion and heartwarming friendship make this 1980s drama as captivating as the day it was filmed.

By 1988, adult gay men no longer faced a threat of prosecution for having sexual relations with another man. However a societal stigma forced many men to keep their feelings secret from even those closest to them. One contributing factor to this was a clause in the Sexual Offences Act 1967 which made the age of consent higher for gay men than it did for lesbian or heterosexual relations. This inequality was not removed in UK law until the year 2000.

This film features performances from well-known North East actors Brian Hogg and Val McLane. Val has long been a pivotal figure in the North East's cultural scene; in addition to roles in acclaimed television dramas (When the Boat Comes In; Our Friends In the North; Auf Wiedersehen, Pet) she founded the Live Theatre Company and is a scriptwriter and director. Her brother is the actor and musician Jimmy Nail. Jan Graveson, who played the part of Alison, went on to have a successful TV acting career in a variety of British dramas including EastEnders, where she was famously a pregnant runaway in the early 1990s.

A drama about a teenager boy who confesses to his girlfriend that he is gay. Shocked, she tells her female friends who express homophobic comments forcing him to leave Newcastle. The film ends sometime later with the two of them running into each other inside a gay club where they become friends again.