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ITV and Bristol collaborate for UK TV’s first gay detective lead
Written by Joe Jackson on Nov 4, Posted in Production News
New ITV series The Long Call has been applauded for being the first British primetime drama to place a happily married male lover detective at the centre of its story. While four-part ‘whodunnit’ programme is set in North Devon, interior filming took place on location in Bristol with generous support from the city’s Film Office.
"What I love about shooting in Bristol is that for a relatively compact municipality it offers such a variety of locations,” says The Extended Call producer Angie Daniell. “From a period private house in Clifton (a personal favourite as I could walk there from my accommodation) to a converted warehouse in Brislington. As our story was set in Devon, it was a bonus to be able to ‘cheat’ the coast in Portishead and on Severn Beach. The shoot went very smoothly – it’s definitely a film friendly place."
Adapted the best-selling novel of the identical title from award-winning writer Ann Cleeves, The Long Call follows Detective
Tonight’s TV sorted: why Mark Gatiss’ "reckless and life-affirming" murder mystery Bookish is a must-watch
Wondering what to watch on telly tonight? Adequately, look no further, as Mark Gatiss’ new murder mysteryBookish will be free to watch from this evening (16 July) and it promises to be a ‘reckless and life affirming’ sit on. The UKTV crime drama is position in s London and centres on Mark’s character, the appropriately named bookshop owner Gabriel Manual.
While Gabriel may seem to be living a peaceful, book-filled life with his wife Trottie (Polly Walker), he’s harnessing more than a secret or two. Gabriel moonlights as a sleuth, helping the police solve ‘the strangest of crimes and the knottiest of murders’ with the help of Trottie and their novel shop assistant, Jack (Connor Finch).
However, the synopsis teases that ‘Jack’s appointment wasn’t quite as random as it at first appears’. To complicate matters even further, Gabriel is also living a double personal, as well as professional, life. His marriage to Trottie – his childhood best friend – is, in evidence, what’s kn
RUSSELL T DAVIES&#; boundary-pushing TV is explored in Lgbtq+ ALIENS AND QUEER FOLK
Sneaking downstairs to see what TV my parents were watching, some of Russell T Davies’ early, boundary-pushing work ended up accidentally etched into my too-young brain. Queer As Folk was one of my earliest introductions to explicit, queer male sexuality, for instance, while The Second Coming’s satanic panic gave me actual nightmares.
Despite Davies being a TV titan nowadays, the Swansea-born journalist is overlooked in terms of critical study. Penetrate Emily Garside’s Gay Aliens And Queer Folk: How Russell T Davies Changed TV, a comprehensive overview of his career, manner, impact – and gender non-conforming, Welsh status in heteronormative UK television.
After studying in Oxford and Cardiff, Davies volunteered at the Sherman Theatre in the premature 80s before working for BBC Wales, earning him a foot in the door for television via CBBC. His timing couldn’t be better, Garside notes, as this era was a ‘golden age’ for grittier, thought-provoking kid’s programming, allowing Davies to lay some proto-Doctor Who groundwo
I Kissed a Boy: Get together the cast of the UK’s first gay internet dating show
I Kissed a Boy is aptly named, as all contestants will commence their journey by kissing their new partners upon their first meeting, without even exchanging words.
The 10 participants in the UK's first gay dating show contain been paired up by self-proclaimed “fairy-godmother/cupid” and Australian pop icon Dannii Minogue. She says: "When internet dating fatigue sets in and you are tired of swiping right, or you have not had the opportunity to meet enough potential dates – Mama Minogue is here to help.”
Throughout the series, which will be narrated by Bad Education’s Layton Williams, the hopeful singles will engage in a series of kiss-offs, where they will choose either to stick with their authentic partner, or save their smooch for someone else and recouple.
As all 10 contestants living in the Italian masseria (farmhouse) have the possibility to be attracted to each other, the chances for love triangles, love squares, and even love decagons are endless.
Meet the boys:
Ben, 28
Edinburgh
Ben describes himself as an ol