RENT BOYS - 40 Minutes Series 1984

First aired on Thu 6th Dec 1984, 21:30 on BBC Two England
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The young male prostitute is no longer confined to an area around Piccadilly Circus.

He is to be found today throughout Britain in all the large centres of population. No one can estimate how many of them there are, for they run the gauntlet of the police and operate under a cloak of anonymity.

But few doubt that unemployment and poor home conditions have prompted many boys to go on to the streets to sell themselves.

In this documentary film, which includes sequences shot secretly in the known pickup haunts of Manchester and Birmingham, rent boys talk frankly about their lives, their motives, the effect on them of contact with the 'gay' urban underground, and the physical and moral dangers that accompany their quest for 'easy money'.

Film Cameraman:
Alex Hansen

Film Recordist:
John Pritchard

Film Editor:
Jane Val Baker

Research:
Su Carroll

Executive Producer:
Roger Mills

Director:
Richard Belfield