Leanne O'Neill

A woman heads home to get ready to meet her lorry driver partner. On his arrival she discovers that he has smuggled in cigarettes and wants her help to handle them.

There was a time when the persecuted gay men of Britain might greet each other with "bona to varda your dolly old eek"; a common phrase in their secret slang language of Polari. The 'Polari' documentary explores the sad story behind the camp cryptolect, and profiles the men who spoke it, as well as those who rejected it.

A woman heads home to get ready to meet her lorry driver partner. On his arrival she discovers that he has smuggled in cigarettes and wants her help to handle them.

A woman heads home to get ready to meet her lorry driver partner. On his arrival she discovers that he has smuggled in cigarettes and wants her help to handle them.

There was a time when the persecuted gay men of Britain might greet each other with "bona to varda your dolly old eek"; a common phrase in their secret slang language of Polari. The 'Polari' documentary explores the sad story behind the camp cryptolect, and profiles the men who spoke it, as well as those who rejected it.