Ever since Britain voted to leave the EU, there’s been a lot of talk about the possible effects, not least for the entertainment industry and investment in film, TV and web projects in the UK. Now it seems one of its first casualties is the lesbian-themed web series, Different For Girls.
Pink News reports that plans to make the series – based on Jacquie Lawrence’s novel – have been put on hold. The reason is that due to the uncertainty surrounding the UK economy following Brexit, much of the funding for the series has been pulled.
While the show had done a successful crowdfunding campaign, that was only due to cover 25% of the costs, with the rest coming from more traditional routes. However, the money has now been pulled, leaving Different For Girls in limbo, and forced to abandon its plans to shoot next month.
The show was due to follow a group of lesbian and bisexual women in West London, with Sophie Ward (Heartbeat), Rachel Shelley (The L Word), and Heather Peace (Lip Service, Waterloo Road) set to star. It hoped to be an antidote to TV’s tendency to ignore realistic lesbian stories, and also to kill off LGBT characters, particularly as numerous lesbian characters have met their maker in 2016.
Hopefully the series will find new funding, but for now Brexit means we will have to wait.
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