The Investigator Part 9/9

1989: Caroline Meagher (Helen Baxendale) is a sergeant with the Royal Military Police, with 12 years' experience, stationed in Northern Ireland. Two men from internal affairs grill her for four days: someone has accused her of being a lesbian. It's an offense that leads to court martial. In a series of flashbacks, we see her enthusiasm when she joins the force, her various assignments including investigating suspected lesbians, and her own slow discovery of her sexual nature. She, like others in her situation, must go to great lengths to avoid detection. Once reported, will she withstand the interrogation? Meagher herself comments on camera at the end of the film.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• the investigator
• lesbian
• military
• helen baxendale
• laura fraser

[finalfantasy8VIII]

wow this story is very touching ... especially because its true !!

Thank you for uploading :D

[PheasantsEye]

@finalfantasy8VIII You're welcome, thanks for appreciating it :D

[PheasantsEye]

@PheasantsEye You're welcome :D

[nicky1811]

Every cell in my body wants to scream after seeing that. All I can say right now is 'Thank God I'm Canadian!' Not saying we're perfect, but at least we're better than this

[PheasantsEye]

@nicky1811 Agreed. It's ridiculous, the whole fucking situation.

It was fun reading your comments as you went throught the movie. I can totally relate to your thoughts watching this movie. My mind went in overdrive watching it, and your comments pretty much summed them up nicely.

[ratzinator1]

This is horse manure. I'm glad the ban was lifted. Digging into someone's personal life is ridiculous. Considering it shameful and disgraceful to be a soldier and a homosexual is a joke. Back then, the army was no better than the damn Ku Klux Klan or Nazis. A**holes!

[angelpdg]

thanks for uploading the movie =)

[hoppetosse8]

this is all sooo sick! I can't believe that this is a true story from the 1980s! How is army law today in GB? .... and still that stuff about DADT in the US. ....all these patriarchal structures and un-consciousness.....

thanks for sharing!

[nikeeweston]

dear god imagine how many brilliant soldiers they lost because of these witch hunts..

[PheasantsEye]

@jessl89 According to the BBC site: Lip Service is due to transmit on BBC Three in Spring 2010. But it also mentions that it's coming soon to BBC Three, so it should be too long from now.

[jessl89]

@PheasantsEye does anyone know when lip service is coming on?