The Long Call viewers have appld the ITV drama for havg a gay tective played by Ben Aldridge the lead role.
Contents:
- INSTCT'S GAY MALE LEAD IS A BIG DEAL FOR CBS AND TELEVISN, BUT NOT TO THE SHOW
- FLEABAG STAR BEN ALDRIDGE TO PLAY GAY TECTIVE WH DADDY ISSU MAJOR NEW ITV THRILLER
- THE LONG CALL VIEWERS APPLD ITV DRAMA FOR GAY TECTIVE LEAD ROLE: ‘THIS REPRENTATN IS IMPORTANT’
- THE LONG CALL REVIEW — MEET PRIME TIME’S FIRST GAY MALE TECTIVE
- DETECTIVE SERI ABOUT GAYS
INSTCT'S GAY MALE LEAD IS A BIG DEAL FOR CBS AND TELEVISN, BUT NOT TO THE SHOW
A new ITV crime drama, The Long Call, will be the first Brish history to feature a gay, male tective as s lead. * gay detective series tv *
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"It's another layer to the character that mak tertg to play, but socially and polilly, pecially the timg we fd ourselv Ameri, where gay people are beg persecuted aga, their rights are beg removed, and the print is actively ndong by his silence the vlence and persecutn of those the LGBTQ muny, I thk 's all the more important that we should have a character wh a healthy succsful same-sex marriage on work. ""I thk 's a big reason why [CBS] bought the pch, " Instct creator Michael Rch told TV Gui after the Instct panel, regardg the show's gay male lead. "My thg om the begng, and I talked about wh Alan before we both signed on, is that even though this is a gay male lead, the show is not about that.
It's not a show about gay marriage, 's not a show about beg a gay tective, we don't really al wh the obstacl much Season 1. "We're also a ltle show bee we have a gay male lead, which I thk is very non-mastream, " Rch tells TV Gui.
FLEABAG STAR BEN ALDRIDGE TO PLAY GAY TECTIVE WH DADDY ISSU MAJOR NEW ITV THRILLER
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A new ITV crime drama, The Long Call, will be the first to feature a gay, male tective as s lead. Then there’s the hugely popular TV seri, Killg Eve, which saw s leads, Eve (Sandra Oh) and Villanelle (Jodie Comer) adm to romantic feelgs and share a kiss the season three fale, after prevly garnerg accatns of queerbag ntrast, gay male tectiv have been largely absent om Brish televisn, makg Aldridge’s upg performance a signifint step. “As [ was] the UK’s first male gay tective on primetime I was rolute that we should st a gay actor, ” said seri director Lee Haven Jon on his move to st Aldridge.
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THE LONG CALL VIEWERS APPLD ITV DRAMA FOR GAY TECTIVE LEAD ROLE: ‘THIS REPRENTATN IS IMPORTANT’
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THE LONG CALL REVIEW — MEET PRIME TIME’S FIRST GAY MALE TECTIVE
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Ben Aldridge plays gay Detective Inspector Matthew Venn the drama (Picture: Rex)The Long Call viewers have appld the ITV drama for havg a gay tective, a happy and lovg marriage no ls, at the centre of s story.
DETECTIVE SERI ABOUT GAYS
Detective Inspector Matthew Venn, a gay man played by Ben Aldridge, leads the st. ‘Pl a primetime gay tective and his hband played by two out gay actors. Echog a siar sentiment, another penned: ‘Thanks @AnnCleev a man the posive lead role and happy marriage that’s also gay.
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Pl a primetime gay tective and his hband played by two out gay actors. A third said: ”#TheLongCall this is gog to be good – so amazg to have a gay tective (and played by a gay man). Director Lee Haven Jon prevly spoke to The Telegraph of the importance of stg a gay actor the part, which saw him land on Fleabag star Aldridge, who me out last year.