[pressgang] Douglas is Cancelled

[Vince Deehan]

Hi Matt,

Great to hear from you. The Boss!

I too read that article and am really looking forward to Steven Moffat's
new show.

I don't think we can judge Press Gang harshly for not having any gay
characters,
as almost no TV shows did back then. Off the top of my head, I don't recall
any
gay characters on TV in those days.

It really was a very long time ago. Thirty five years since the broadcast
of series 1, in 1989.

Vince Deehan








On Fri, Jun 21, 2024 at 2:19 PM Matt Saunders <matts at yoyo.org> wrote:

> Steven Moffat's newest creation is on ITV in the UK next week:
>
>
> https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/jun/17/douglas-is-cancelled-hugh-bonneville-alex-kingston-steven-moffat-cancel-comedy
>
> I'm looking forward to this (as ever with anything that the Moff
> writes!) - hoping for typical Moff cleverness and humour.
>
> There's a small mention of PG in the article - Steven's regret about the
> lack of gay characters.  With hindsight, the imposition of a
> heteronormative love life on every key character at some point in the
> show feels clumsy in today's world, but would including some gay
> representation more than 30 years ago have felt token?  I don't think so
> but interested in what others think.
>
>
> Matt.
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