Boy Meets Girl (2015 TV series)

Not to be confused with Boy Meets Girl (2014 film).

Boy Meets Girl
Three people standing in a pub; an older woman on the left, a younger women in the middle, and a man on the right
Photo released by the BBC from shooting Boy Meets Girl, showing (left-to-right) Welch, Root and Hepple
GenreSitcom
Created byElliott Kerrigan
Written by
  • Elliott Kerrigan
  • Simon Carlyle
  • Andrew Mettam
Directed byPaul Walker
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes12 (list of episodes)
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Production
Executive producers
  • Sophie Clarke-Jervoise
  • Kristian Smith
ProducerMargot Gavan Duffy
Production locationsNewcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
Running time28 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
Release3 September 2015 (2015-09-03) –
4 August 2016 (2016-08-04)
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Boy Meets Girl is a BBC Two sitcom starring Rebecca Root, Harry Hepple and Denise Welch. It tells the story of the developing relationship between 26-year-old Leo (Hepple) and 40-year-old Judy (Root).[1] The script, by Elliott Kerrigan, was discovered through the Trans Comedy Award, a 2013 BBC talent search for scripts with positive portrayals of transgender characters.[2][3]

Both Root and her character Judy are transgender, making this the first BBC comedy to feature transgender issues prominently, and the first sitcom to star a transgender actor. Sophie Clarke-Jervoise, the executive producer, stated "we always knew we had to get a trans actress – I don't think we auditioned anyone who wasn't trans for the role. It just didn't feel right."[1]

The first series of six episodes aired between 3 September and 8 October 2015. A second and final series began airing from 6 July to 4 August 2016.[4] It comprises six episodes.

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  4. ^ "BBC confirms Boy Meets Girl series 2". Radio Times.