I was a naive 22 year old at the time and knew very little about homosexuality or how homosexuals behaved, other than the comedy "camping it up" of Are You Being Served?'s Mr Humphreys and Dick Emery's "Ooh You are Awful". The portrayal of Daniel Massey's Daniel shocked me into understanding a little bit. I remember that the proximity and smell of a female made him feel physically sick, but he would force himself to get close to Rosemary Leach's Marcelle as a form of torture/punishment. Also when seeking a male "one night stand" he would go for the most sleazy, again punishing himself into self contempt for what he was. How differently the gay community is portrayed today!