Ben Aldridge to play gay tective ITV's The Long Call

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

But Dylan is gay and happily married to a gay man, which is unual to see on a work that has faced issu of diversy the past. Shockgly, Instct is the first hourlong broadst seri on any broadst work wh a gay lead. Alan Cummg, Bojana Nojakovic; Instct Jeff Nmann/CBS "It's the first ever [work] drama on Amerin televisn to have a gay character as a lead, which I thk is an credible thg but also a terrible thg at the same time, " Cummg told reporters at the Televisn Crics Associatn wter prs tour Saturday.

FLEABAG STAR BEN ALDRIDGE TO PLAY GAY TECTIVE WH DADDY ISSU MAJOR NEW ITV THRILLER

"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.

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"We're also a ltle show bee we have a gay male lead, which I thk is very non-mastream, " Rch tells TV Gui. A new ITV crime drama, The Long Call, will be the first to feature a gay, male tective as s lead.

THE LONG CALL VIEWERS APPLD ITV DRAMA FOR GAY TECTIVE LEAD ROLE: ‘THIS REPRENTATN IS IMPORTANT’

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 REVIEW — MEET PRIME TIME’S FIRST GAY MALE TECTIVE

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DETECTIVE SERI ABOUT GAYS

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