A year or so ago the BBC put out a talent call for ideas for ideas that included trans* people and lives, as they had realised that while their public service remit means they are supposed to reflect all parts of British society, this is one area they’d pretty much ignored.
One of the main things to come from this effort is the upcoming sitcom Boy Meets Girl, which made a few headlines when it was announced due to the unfortunately rare fact that it cast a trans* woman, Rebecca Root, in one of the lead roles, rather than handing it to a cisgender actor.
Boy Meets Girls was created by Trans Comedy Award winner Elliott Kerrigan, alongside Simon Carlyle and Andrew Mettam. As well as Root, the series stars Harry Hepple as the ‘boy’ of the title, as well as the likes of Denise Welch, Janine Duvitski, Nigel Betts, Lizzie Roper and Jonny Dixon.
Boy Meets Girl has been compared to Gavin & Stacey, focussing on the developing relationship between Leo and Judy. However this isn’t a show that’s only about the issue trans* people face in the dating world, as there’s also a mini May-December thing going one as Leo is 26 and Judy is 40, and both have plenty of other things to negotiate.
Now the first 30-second promo for the show has been released, which you can take a look at below. The show will air in the UK later this year on BBC2.
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