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Last week the BBC received over 100 plats about a gay kiss on the popular TV show Holby Cy not long after they were prented wh 125 plats about

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EASTENRS' TONE GAY KISS TO BE REPEATED FOR BBC FOUR'S PRI SEASON

Episo featured a hallmark moment when Col Rsell (Lord Michael Cashman) had the first mouth-to-mouth gay kiss on Brish televisn wh his boyiend Guido (Nicholas Donovan).

EASTENRS SPARKS UPROAR WH GAY BEDROOM SCENE BEFORE THE WATERSHED

BBCRelated: 50 groundbreakg soap characters Digal Spy magaze issue 12In the s sce this scene aired, EastEnrs has ntued to explore reprentatn Walford wh an episo takg place durg Pri and the openg of the Square's first gay bar, The Prce Michael Cashman was a part of many groundbreakg storyl on the soap as Col durg his three years as an EastEnrs st member.

An EastEnrs episo that showed a gay uple apparently naked bed has sparked an dience backlash.

EASTENRS GAY SEX SCENE WH BEN MCHELL AND PL COKER WILL NOT FACE OF PROBE

But the BBC revealed yterday had received 77 msag om members of the public praisg for showg the a statement, the rporatn said approached the portrayal of gay relatnships ‘exactly the same way’ as did heterosexual scen and the scen were suable for pre-watershed said uld not ‘discrimate’ by treatg gay characters differently to other people shown the programme. On-screen kiss: Viewers said that the scene ma for 'unfortable' viewg and was guilty of 'nfg their kids' The mixed rponse om viewers to the scen nfirms the fdgs of a BBC survey last year, which showed that gay relatnships are still a divisive issue. Although 49 per cent of people were fortable wh homosexual scen, 18 per cent were unhappy wh them and a further 32 per cent were viewer, wrg on the BBC’s msage board, said of the EastEnrs episo, which aired two weeks ago: ‘I’m not a homophobe but really do not want to see gay men bed naked and kissg, pecially whilst my ten-year-old dghter is stg wh me, before the watershed.

EASTENRS VIEWERS PLA TO OF ABOUT GAY SEX ROMP ONT OF OPEN FF

’ Praise: The scene volvg Syed and Christian has also received msag of support for s portrayal by some fans of the show Another viewer said: ‘If I had a ten-year-old I don’t thk I’d be happy wh them seeg that particular scene whether was a gay uple or a straight uple.

The viewer said the gay bed scene was a ‘big step towards equaly’. Another said: ‘It mak a rehg change to see a posive portrayal of a gay uple on primetime TV and I appld everyone volved for makg this storyle such a powerful, movg and pellg one.

DO THE PLATS RECEIVED RPONSE TO GAY SCEN ON EASTENRS & HOLBY SIGNAL A LARGER PROBLEM FOR THE LGBT MUNY?

’ The BBC’s statement said: ‘EastEnrs aims to reflect real life, and this means cludg and tellg stori about characters om many different backgrounds, fahs, religns and 1987, EastEnrs showed the first ever gay kiss on primetime televisn when Barry Clark kissed his partner Col rporatn’s verage of the Canadian Grand Prix also annoyed viewers by wreakg havoc wh Sunday night’s schl. EastEnrs sparks uproar wh gay bedroom scene before the watershed. EastEnrs gay sex scene wh Ben Mchell and Pl Coker will not face Of probeBen Mchell and Pl Coker's "implied sex scene" a funeral parlour received plats but Of will not vtigateThe ntroversial scene17:10, 17 Aug 2015Updated00:02, 18 Aug 2015An EastEnrs scene volvg secret uple Ben Mchell and Pl Coker will not be vtigated further by Of.

EASTENRS' GAY FUNERAL PARLOUR SEX SCENE WILL NOT FACE OF

EastEnrs fans were shocked when the BBC soap aired a gay sex scene a funeral parlour on watchdog Of received 48 plats om the public over the weekend after Ben Mchell (Harry Reid) was seen gettg isky wh Pl Coker (Jonny Labey) ont of an open ff ntag a ad woman's Of spokperson nfirmed to MailOnle: 'We will asss the plats before cidg whether to vtigate or not. EastEnrs viewers pla to Of about gay sex romp ont of open ff.

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