故事发生在三十年代的伦敦，这座巨大的城市里，处处弥漫着奢靡和浮华的气息，男男女女们沉浸于此，不知魏晋。亚当（史蒂芬·坎贝尔·摩尔 Stephen Campbell Moore 饰）是一位默默无闻的作家，他将名媛妮娜（艾米莉·莫迪默 Emily Mortimer 饰）当做了“垫脚石”，希望能够通过两人的婚姻成功打入纸醉金迷的上流社会。
妮娜陷入了同亚当的热恋中无法自拔，可她那保守而又古老的家族却并不看好两人的婚事，他们根本就不把亚当看在眼里，觉得他根本就配不上妮娜。面对家人的反对，妮娜决定叛逆一把，她从家中偷偷溜了出来，找到了亚当，然而，对于自己和妮娜两人的处境，亚当也手足无措，两人的未来看似一片黑暗。

In the first of this two-part series, Stephen Fry reflects back on just how much has changed for gay people during his lifetime. He meets Elton John and David Furnish, the couple who inspired Stephen to be open about his sexuality as well as many others.
In 1st episode, Stephen travels to Uganda, where the government is considering a new law that would make homosexuality a capital crime - putting gay people to death for their sexuality. Stephen meets the men and women targeted by this proposed law and finds out the impact it is already having on their lives.
Stephen also travels to the USA to explore 'reparative therapy', which claims to offer a 'cure' for being gay. Whilst in the states, he looks at how Hollywood deals with the gay issue by talking to Neil Patrick Harris, an openly gay man who continues to land leading roles.
The 2nd episode sees Stephen visit Brazil, home to the largest gay pride celebration in the world and a place that has some of the best legislation on the planet for gay equality. But it has come at a price. All of the advances have brought about a violent backlash against gay people; on average, one gay person is murdered every 36 hours in Brazil. Stephen sees how this is impacting on the lives of gay men and women there and also confronts the politician leading the fight against gay rights.
Stephen also visits Russia, where gays are now worse off than they have been for a long time. Their rights are being constantly eroded by a conservative government, backed by the disapproval of the Russian Orthodox Church. Stephen then travels to India, where the old British laws that criminalised homosexuality have just been overturned. Modern India is now looking to Hindu traditions as it forges a more positive way forward for its gay citizens, including its once celebrated transgender community.

Stephen Fry returns to his boarding school and befriends a new shy pupil, Bunce and helps him throughout the first term. Fry is often caned by his headmaster for visiting a village sweet shop, which is "out of bounds." On one occasion, Fry convinces Bunce to take the blame, but he cannot bring himself to lie to the headmaster. Fry is punished again, but on that Christmas, Bunce goes to the sweet shop to buy several sweets for him. In conclusion, Fry who was narrating the film has said to have raised a glass every year to William Bunce. (pics & movies)