THE SECRET DIARIES OF MISS ANNE LISTER on BBC2

THE SECRET DIARIES OF MISS ANNE LISTER, directed by James Kent, premieres on BBC2 on Monday, May 31st. Maxine Peak (Shameless, Criminal Justice, Red Riding) stars.

It is a bold and passionate drama telling the story of Anne Lister, 1791-1840, a
Yorkshire landowner, industrialist, traveller and diarist. She was a
lesbian who kept her orientation secret from society at large but in
private defied convention by living with her female lover. Anne kept an
account of her life, loves and emotions in a fascinating and painfully
honest 4,000,000-word journal. Its recent deciphering provides an
astonishing insight into the life of the woman who has been called
Britain's first modern lesbian.