It may feel like a far cry from the Instagram-worthy cocktail bars and eateries that define Soho now, but London’s gay village and entertainment district has a colourful history beyond the few sex shops and landmark queer venues that still stand today.
It's this history which sets the scene for the BBC’s latest crime drama, Dope Girls: a world where police raids, illicit nightclubs and budding female criminal enterprises was the order of the day.
