BBC Rponds to Complats that Torchwood is Too Gay

Contents:

• TORCHWOOD: JOHN BARROWMAN'S GAY SEX SCENE TO BE AXED FOR BBC BUT WILL AIR US
• SABC1 TO AIR UNCENSORED GAY SEX SCENE
• TORCHWOOD MIRACLE DAY : LA BBC CENSURE UNE SCèNE SEXE GAY
• BBC RPONDS TO COMPLATS THAT TORCHWOOD IS TOO GAY
• 'TORCHWOOD' GAY SCEN NOT MEANT TO E OFFENCE, SAYS BBC

TORCHWOOD: JOHN BARROWMAN'S GAY SEX SCENE TO BE AXED FOR BBC BUT WILL AIR US

Too gay for the UK: John Barrowman's explic sex scene Torchwood is to be axed for BBC broadst, but will air US A gay sex scene has been brand too sensatnal to air on Brish televisn - spe the US optg to broadst Amerins are notor for their strong censorship, yet on this ocsn UK televisn boss have been BBC will axe the lewd act om an upg episo of Torchwood: Miracle Day. Controversial: Sex scene, starrg John Barrowman, will be cut for BBC airg In the programme, John Barrowman's character Capta Jack - an immortal former n man om the future who liv on Earth - sleeps wh a show equently exam homosexual and bisexual relatnships, wh the ma star Barrowman an in among the gay and lbian muny.

A source said: 'It wasn't that was a gay scene that worried people, but jt the fact that was such an explic sex scene full stop. 'Behd the meras, Barrowman is openly gay and has been wh the same partner for nearly two former Any Dream Will Do judge met Stt Gill 1993 while he was starrg a theatre productn of Rope - a play which Aled Hchck ma to a Christmas 2006, the pair beme civil partners.

SABC1 TO AIR UNCENSORED GAY SEX SCENE

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Cape Town – SABC1 will be gog gay on Monday at 22:00 wh the broadst of the third episo of Torchwood: Miracle Day which will feature an unsensored gay sex scene. The episo ntas a racy gay sex scene between Capta Jack Harkns (played by John Barrowman) and a barman he picks up a sual Friday SABC1 rpond to media enquiri ma last week, sayg that tonight's episo of Torchwood: Miracle Day will not be eded. "Ce n'éta pas qu'il s'agissa d'une scène gay que l gens s'quiètent, mais jte le fa que ce so une scène sexe vraiment explice plee ", ra déclaré une source la BBC.

BY Jennifer GriffPublished 12 years agoThe BBC has rpond to plats om viewers that feel is appropriate to show gay sex on Torchwood. Although the BBC already stood by a cisn to clip a sex scene om an earlier episo, they fend their actns on the grounds that was the explic nature of the scene that ed ncern, and not the fact that was a gay sex scene. “It wasn’t that was a gay scene that worried people, but jt the fact that was such an explic sex scene full stop, ” a BBC statement said at the time.

TORCHWOOD MIRACLE DAY : LA BBC CENSURE UNE SCèNE SEXE GAY

“We’ve received plats om some viewers who feel is approprate to show gay sex Torchwood, ” the rporatn said of the latt misgivgs. We aim to pict relatnships whether heterosexual or homosexual an hont and realistic way.

BBC RPONDS TO COMPLATS THAT TORCHWOOD IS TOO GAY

In the player below you n watch the scene featurg heterosexual and homosexual terurse. BBC BBC has rpond to claims that Torchwood: Miracle Day ntas "too much gay ntent. The BBC posted on s webse: "We've received plats om some viewers who feel there is too much gay ntent Torchwood.

'TORCHWOOD' GAY SCEN NOT MEANT TO E OFFENCE, SAYS BBC

"We aim to pict relatnships whether heterosexual or homosexual an hont and realistic way. While ’s funny to see the irrable Mathon bch about all thgs Welsh (a nice wk), new fans may thk that Jack’s random mentn of a boyiend (and a full on gay sex scene that follows) may seem on odd turn of events.

The BBC has rpond to plats that Torchwood: Miracle Day featur "too much gay ntent". "We've received plats om some viewers who feel there is too much gay ntent Torchwood, " the rporatn said. "The BBC explaed that the dience have known John Barrowman's "tablished character" Capta Jack Harkns "to be promiscuo and bi-sexual", explag that "we felt the ntent was jtified terms of the ntext and characters and would be wh the expectatns of regular viewers" nclud: "We aim to pict relatnships whether heterosexual or homosexual an hont and realistic way.

However, was nfirmed that a "sequence of gay sex" om a later episo will be broadst. Yterday, the BBC chose to ban om the UK versn of the seri, wh sourc tellg UK’s Digal Spy, “It wasn’t that was a gay scene that worried people, but jt the fact that was such an explic sex scene full stop. So, he go out to a gay bar to let off some steam, and he meets me, the bartenr, who is jt ready to go, and we hook-up om there.