Underplayed Gems

Boy Meets Girl (2015)

Boy Meets Girl poster
Directed by
Paul Walker
Genre
sitcom, LGBT-related television series
Country
United Kingdom
Length
2 seasons, 6 episodes
Rating
3.6 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This sitcom follows the developing relationship between a 26 year old man and a 40 year old transgender woman. The series focuses on their everyday life and the reactions from friends and family.

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What happens

Boy Meets Girl is a BBC Two sitcom starring Rebecca Root, Harry Hepple and Denise Welch. It tells the story of the developing relationship between 26-year-old Leo (Hepple) and 40-year-old Judy (Root). The script, by Elliott Kerrigan, was discovered through the Trans Comedy Award, a 2013 BBC talent search for scripts with positive portrayals of transgender characters. Both Root and her character Judy are transgender, making this the first BBC comedy to feature transgender issues prominently, and the first sitcom to star a transgender actor. Sophie Clarke-Jervoise, the executive producer, stated "we always knew we had to get a trans actress – I don't think we auditioned anyone who wasn't trans for the role. It just didn't feel right." The first series of six episodes aired between 3 September and 8 October 2015. A second and final series began airing from 6 July to 4 August 2016. It comprises six episodes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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